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Originally Posted by bschloop
these "vehicles" are ridiculous. I could win this competition on a mountain bike with knobby tires. if it can't leave the parking lot it is not a car.
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No, they aren't.
They are a wonderful educational opportunity for students- the one project has planning, budgeting and/or fundraising, designing and engineering, learning how to select and fabricate with the chosen materials, testing and development, competition... they have their hands full working on a project of that scope, believe me. The time frame from beginning to completion is rather short.
http://capstone.byu.edu/sites/default/files/Team31.pdf
I worked on student SAE cars and they were one of the highlights of my whole danged college career.
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Frank, is it a copy or is it just that they are achieving the same optimized shape as the PAC CAR?
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As noted, the folks who did PAC CAR sell the CAD data for the body. This one has the same size and shape, with only the cutlines and windows differing.