Hello all,
I have been inundated with email requests from teams regarding every
little aspect of a car. The point of this competition is to do your own
research make a decision and run with it. If you're smart, you'll give
yourself enough time for mistakes and possible corrections. I've had
teams ask me for the exact specs of my car. I realize there are a lot
of new people each year. Wichita State University has the advantage of
having an ongoing team versus a senior design team project type team.
If you have questions, fine, but please read the rules, look at other
teams' websites, contact some industry people and go from there.
If you don't know how to set up a suspension, go to the library and
check out a book. If you have a question about brakes and how they
work, get a book. DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK. That's the only way to really
learn anything from Mini-Baja. If you try to copy other people, you
might as well stay home, because they will always be ahead of you.
I wish all the new guys luck and I will try to help anyone who needs it,
but like some of the people who have been around for a couple of years,
I think it's just wrong to start asking for everything under the sun
because you don't want to do the leg work.
If any of you are this type of person, good luck. I'll be waiting for
you at the finish line.
Thanks,
Brian Herr
Team Captain
SAE Mini-Baja Team
Wichita State University
http://webs.wichita.edu/baja
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