UCSD SAE mini Baja 2006

[masta-t]

What up UCSD peeps.? I think we should participate in the SAE mini baja competition next year.? Its supposedly is heading off this year with some dude named morgan, but there is still a lack of interest.? Seeing as its off-road and requires designing and fabricating a vehicle, i think its an awsome opportunity to gain some experience, put all the stuff we've learned so far to the test, as well as to learn lot more.? I really want to do it, design and testing would most likely take place over the rest of the school year.? I do not know when exactly the competition is but i would really like to participate.? Please let me know if you are interested so we can discuss it more. Peace.

http://minibajawest.com/

[brian]

what does next year mean? the 2006-2007 school year or literally next year, 2006, ending in june?

[masta-t]

actually, the race is May 11-13 2006 so spring quarter.


.......and we are going i-beam all the way haha.

[brian]

i think in this case, you could probably get better travel with arms.

[jmelrose]

Enter buzzkill Jesse

With all due respect, because SAE is a great organization, if you take mini baja seriously you can kiss your weekend desert trips goodbye. When I was briefly in formula SAE I learned one thing very quickly (which is why I chickened out and quit), if you want to actually be a participant and make design calls, you have to be there during every bit of your free time and alot of time when you sould be elsewhere like class or work. Especially with deadline like May, that is an impossible timeframe to seek sponsoship and build a competitive car. These projects are typically years in the making.

It is way too big a time commitment for me. I'd much rather be working on my own truck, riding dirtbikes or going snowboarding furing the winter and spring than playing around with an 8 hp lawnmower engine and quad parts.

But more power to you if you want to do it. It looks great on your resume and you will learn a ton

[bomber]

Tomas, I thought we already had this conversation! Lol, jk.
Buddy, working on an acual truck that can do 60 or 70 in the dez looks better on a resume than that little cart. It could never hit a 3 ft. whoop fast enough to even care about it's design, lol. I think our 14.5 hp lawnmower could out run one of them guys with some mods made to it, lol. But also I imagine that u wouldn't want to spend that much time with those guys doing that either.

[masta-t]

working on an acual truck that can do 60 or 70 in the dez looks better on a resume than that little cart.

........why do you say that when you have no clue whats going on with it and what it involves?

Any east county nut with a welder can build a little cart, hell you see them in the dez all the time.? the SAE mini baja competition is a lot more than that.? If I applied to an engineering company like lockheed or general atomics i think they would respect the involvment with SAE on that project a whole lot more than building a truck, that can do 60 or 70 in the dez, in the driveway at my house.

[jmelrose]

aero companies will particularly like involvement in formula SAE since there is typically much more techinical considerations made, less so with mini baja. Unfortunately, it take a lot more then SAE membership to actually get a job at one. Just make sure you are joining for the right reasons.

[OcotilloWells]

As has been said, using time that would normally be used to assemble 400 HP long-travel trucks to instead put together an 8 HP go-cart seems like a step backward. As for how it would look on your resume, unless your goal is to be an engineer for Yerf Dog, it probably isn't worth it. Then again, you'd probably be their first and only engineer, so that's cool I guess. lol.

[masta-t]

i regret even saying anything. have fun with your 400hp long-travel trucks.

[bomber]

i think they would respect the involvment with SAE on that project a whole lot more than building a truck, that can do 60 or 70 in the dez, in the driveway at my house.


It doesn't matter where it was built, but rather what was put into the build. What tools do u know how to use and did u use them in the build, and also how calculated were the compenents implemented into the truck? That sounds a bit more intellectually challenging than what ur "east county nut with a welder" does... I also think u should relax a little bit and not go saying crap like ur last post on this topic. This is what forums are for, lol. And I still think u should at least call one of those shops to see what it would take to work there if you are interested in that at all. You won't know unless u ask.