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What is Mini Baja???

SAE Mini Baja is an international intercollegiate engineering design competition for undergraduate and graduate engineering students.  The objective of the competition is to simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges.  Each team is competing to have its design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm.  Students must function as a team to design, build, test, promote and race a vehicle within the limits of the SAE rules, as well as generate financial support for their project and manage their educational priorities. Each team’s goal is to design and build a prototype of a four-wheel, single seat, off-road recreational vehicle intended for sale to the non-professional weekend off-road enthusiast.  The vehicle must be safe, easily transported, easily maintained and fun to drive.  It should be able to negotiate rough terrain without damage.  In a production volume of four thousand units per year, the vehicle manufacturing cost must be less than $2500.

KSU Mini Baja History:

K-State has been involved in Mini Baja for the past 10+ years.  We always strive to come up with new and different ideas.  We were one of the first teams to attempt an all aluminum framed car.  In addition, K-State has been a competitive team for the last several years, placing 3rd in the endurance race in 2000, and 8th in 2003.  We hope to continue this tradition of quality.

Competitions:
KSU usually competes in two of the three international SAE Mini Baja events held in the United States.  The West Event will be held in Tinaja Hills, Arizona on June 1st-4th, and the Midwest competition will be held in Troy, Ohio on June 16th-19th.  Each competition allows teams from across the world to come together and test their designs both statically and dynamically in events such as: Engineering Design, Safety, Cost, Acceleration, Braking, Top Speed, Handling, Hill Climb, Sled Pull, and a 4 Hour Endurance race.