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Oregon Tech Racing: Baja

A presentation for Oregon SAE student night by Chris Runnels

Agenda

• Group Introduction

• Previous Year’s Goals and Results

• Future Plans and Goals

• Assistance Needed

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Oregon Tech Baja

• Large and diverse team

• Majors:

• Mechanical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering Technology

• Manufacturing Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Marketing

Competition

• May 30th – June 3rd

• Washougal, Washington

• Events:

• Hill Climb

• Acceleration

• Maneuverability

• Rock Crawl

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Team Goals and Performance in 2017

• Exceeded maximum number of rolls at competition in 2016

• Reduce weight 450 to 375

• Lower center of gravity

• Better handling

• Be in the top 20

• Maneuverability 14th

• 32nd overall in 2017

Improving for 2018

• Mindset• Design competition - design for points• Endurance event – not a race• Pride in Manufacturing - no points• Convey our knowledge to judges and showcase our design

• Simplify, ruggedize, increase manufacturability, ease of maintenance• Want to shed another 25 pounds, 6.7%• Increase wheel travel and ground clearance• Well designed, engineered, and built – not specialized for any one event

• Sales Presentation >37

• Time on track

• Improve Documentation

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Interesting and innovative technical aspects

of our projects.

• Junior and Senior Marketing majors on team

• Unique Drivetrain

• 3rd year of an iterative design process on frame

• Imagars Software

• Great partnership with Formula

• Multiple returning Formula members on Baja team

• Share shop due to construction

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How can Oregon SAE help?

• We have a large team this year

• Increased travel budget due to such a large team

• Mentoring and technical advice

• Mock design and sales presentation judging

• Industry recommendations, endorsements, and references

Thank You

• Questions?