The intention of vehicle testing, and evaluation is to verify the engineered assembly meets the expectations of design requirements, team members and RC Baja competition. Teammates will complete a variety of tests tailored to specific design requirements and tests designed to emulate the RC Baja competition. With proper test procedures many of the evaluations will be redundant, however effective in verifying the proper engineering of the vehicle.

 

Initial tests will be designed to verify the vehicle meets the design requirements. These tests will include the drop test, completed by Max Otterby, and the speed test (section 1.d.3) completed by Nathan. Individual tests will match individual requirements. Many of these tests will be simple data collection but some will have intentional methods and scientific approach.

 

Secondary tests will be intended to emulate the RC Baja competition. This approach is intended to make up for any test conditions that requirements could not account for, such as offset drops, rough surfaces, and unpredictable crashes.