SCCA Solo C Street Discussion

[vroom4]

Tap the video widget in analyze, choose select sync frame or realtime sync....?

[qoncept]

Originally Posted by vroom4

Tap the video widget in analyze, choose select sync frame or realtime sync....?

I don't even have it installed right now (it's 4 degrees out!) but I'll play with it again in the spring. Thanks!

[vroom4]

That's why you move south like us smarties

[simpleisbest]

Originally Posted by qoncept

@DaWorstPlaya,
I'll try some of those things out, and I'll talk to Petrel about the GPS. It's been 2 years so I better cross my fingers.

As for #5 though, I've calibrated the video delay over and over and over again, and when emailing the developer asked repeatedly for a per-video calibration method because they are out of sync by a different amount every time. I've more or less given up.

I noticed their recommended gps to be very sensitive to placement. I think the internal receiver is weaker than most modern BT gps units I used in the past.

Once I was able to mount the gps on the exterior roof, I got much clearer signal and no data drift.

[qoncept]

Originally Posted by simpleisbest

I noticed their recommended gps to be very sensitive to placement. I think the internal receiver is weaker than most modern BT gps units I used in the past.

Once I was able to mount the gps on the exterior roof, I got much clearer signal and no data drift.

Like a true dumbass I never actually considered where I had the GPS receiver. It was always tossed in the center console or glove compartment. Looks like I have something better to try next time.

[7thgear]

Originally Posted by qoncept

or glove compartment.

you def want it as out in the open and centered as possible, esp if you're relying on gps-drived parameters. (a gps device mounted on the right side will give you different readings when turning same-radii turns going left or right, if ever so slightly different

[qoncept]

Originally Posted by 7thgear

you def want it as out in the open and centered as possible, esp if you're relying on gps-drived parameters. (a gps device mounted on the right side will give you different readings when turning same-radii turns going left or right, if ever so slightly different

Yeah. I have an incredibly one-tracked mind. If I'm thinking about driving that's pretty much all I'm thinking about. I do a lot of scrambling at the last minute to get my helmet on and seat positioned.

[DaWorstPlaya]

Originally Posted by qoncept

Like a true dumbass I never actually considered where I had the GPS receiver. It was always tossed in the center console or glove compartment. Looks like I have something better to try next time.

Wow! R U serious?!? No wonder it didn't work. So the entire time this was user error. LOL!

[simpleisbest]

Originally Posted by qoncept

Like a true dumbass I never actually considered where I had the GPS receiver. It was always tossed in the center console or glove compartment. Looks like I have something better to try next time.

I got tired of using blue tape every event to mount it to my roof and found this:

http://www.shapeways.com/product/SXW...FRSDfgodTJEAmg

It works great! You need to get your own suction cups, though. Found them on amazon.

[qoncept]

Originally Posted by DaWorstPlaya

Wow! R U serious?!? No wonder it didn't work. So the entire time this was user error. LOL!

Well, it's usually in the center console which shouldn't be terrible. And at the moment the GPS issues are the least of my worries. We'll see how it goes at the first event this year.

[AustinTX]

Quick feeler for the Blytheville Pro - anyone interested in sharing their CS car with me? I kind of want to go, but don't want to make the drive with my car (yet another oil leak has developed).

[chucky12012]

Someone give John a codrive!

[Laloosh]

Originally Posted by AustinTX

Quick feeler for the Blytheville Pro - anyone interested in sharing their CS car with me? I kind of want to go, but don't want to make the drive with my car (yet another oil leak has developed).

What is or has leaked in the past?

[AustinTX]

Cam chain cover leak both times. Hoping the engine doesn't have to come out this time, but it seems inevitable due to the design.