The Mini Baja Competition
The Mini Baja is a competition that is put on by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in which students design, build, and market an off-road vehicle. We compete against schools from all over the world in 5 events using a Briggs & Stratton 10 Hp OHV Intek Model. Heres how they score it.
Mini Baja West
STATIC EVENTS - 300 points
Design Report 50
Evaluation 100
Cost Report 10
Production Cost 40
Presentation 100
Evaluation 100
Cost Report 10
Production Cost 40
Presentation 100
DYNAMIC EVENTS - 700 points
Speed - Acceleration 75
Traction - Hill Climb or Pulling 75
Maneuverability 75
Specialty - Rock Crawl 75
Durability - Endurance 400
Traction - Hill Climb or Pulling 75
Maneuverability 75
Specialty - Rock Crawl 75
Durability - Endurance 400
TOTAL POINTS 1000
Students working on this project will learn to work with teams, gain real world design experience in engineering and manufacturing along with buisness and marketing, Most importantly students will have fun while getting hands on experience for their specfic major.
To learn more visit The Baja SAE - South Dakota School of Mines website