Construction Summary:

This project was designed in increments. The majority of the parts were bought because of the worry of not having enough access to the labs due to COVID-19. However, the chassis and a few other components like the suspension tower and the four a arms were fabricated on campus with material that was donated to the team. The suspension of the car is more complicated than the chassis. This was due to having two different types of suspension. The front will have shocks while the rear will have leaf springs. The parts being manufactured are the chassis plate, suspension tower, and the a arms. The chassis was made into the desired shape from the donated material using a band-saw. Once the chassis was made to the correct shape, the holes for mounting everything to it were drilled and then tapped. Once that is complete the next step was constructing the suspension tower this part was measured and cut from the donated material then machined into the right shape and had holes drilled at the bottom so that it can be bolted onto the chassis. After making the suspension tower, cutting the leaf springs was the next step. Cutting the spring steel to length was done using resources within Hogue on campus grounds. Once the measuring and scratching sections in the sheet of steel was finished, a band saw was used to cut the thin layers. The sharp corners were rounded off and holes were drilled so they will be able to be bolted onto the chassis. Once the leaf springs were finished the next step was to measure and cut the desired amount of material from the stock that was donated for the a arms then they were machined so they are the right geometry so they will fit into the slots on the chassis plate. The last step was mounting the front suspension shocks to the suspension tower and the front a arms.

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Below are some pictures and a short video taken while manufacturing the RC Baja car.

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Cutting the chassis to shape.

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