What is FSAE?
“Formula SAE challenges students to conceive, design, fabricate, and compete with small formula-style racing cars. Teams spend 8-12 months designing, building, and preparing their vehicles for a competition. These cars are judged in a series of static and dynamic events, including technical inspection, cost, presentation, engineering design, solo performance trials and high performance endurance.
SAE International is a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for the engineering profession. By uniting more than 145,000 engineers and technical experts, we drive knowledge and expertise across a broad spectrum of industries.”
Scoring Scale
Static Events
Business Presentation: 75 Points, Prevent a simulated stakeholder case-study.
Cost Event: 100 Points, Evaluates our ability to consider budget during production.
Design Review: 150 Points, Evaluates the engineering effort and rule adherence.
Dynamic Events
Acceleration: 100 Points, Evaluates acceleration in a straight line on flat pavement.
Skid Pad: 75 Points, Measures cornering ability making a constant radius turn.
Autocross: 125 Points, Evaluates maneuverability and handling on a tight course.
Efficiency: 100 Points, Evaluates energy used to complete the Endurance event.
Endurance: 275 Points, Evaluates overall performance and tests vehicle reliability.