Summer Swelter 2018 at Thunder Road presented by PINXTUF
Aug 13, 2018 4:27:01 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 4:27:01 GMT -7
I will be sending each driver his "time" slips (hand written) so he can study the times.
know that the first sensor is 11" from the starting sensor.
the next sensor is 43" from the starting sensor.
the finish sensor is 123" from the starting sensor and the MPH sensor 12" before that.
car prep.
to begin each pass I cleaned the pickup shoes thoroughly to a shine and cleaned the tires on blue painters tape (duct tape is too strong).
warmed (a couple short bursts with the controller) each car a bit well behind the sensors and then did a dry hop or two to insure the car would move.
understand that running the cars by myself and knowing that reaction time with one might (would) be better than the other, I rigged a jumper to allow me to use one controller for both lanes.
the reaction times you see, minus my reaction time which cannot be measured easily, is the reaction time of the car to the current being turned on by the controller.
be sure to understand, that because of circumstances, red light starts were ignored in determining winner and advance to next round.
so, if you review the pictures I took of the screen during NFC elims, red lights and possibly winners don't count for this race.
thus red light starts are not reflected on the time slips and those reaction numbers are recorded without a negative (-) sign in front of.
when each car took it's last pass, I put it away with whatever dirt might be on the tires and marks on the pickup shoes for your examination.
because my lights make the track warm, I had them on for at least 1/2 hour before any passes so that all cars would have the same track conditions.
voltage was checked frequently to insure all passes were made at the prescribed voltage and the amperage was turned up to full.
the Amp meter only shows draw when it is happening, so impossible for me to see that during passes.
none of the cars made any noise indicating requiring oil, so none was applied to any car.
I didn't have time to check shoe "flatness" on this Wizzard track rails like I had wanted to, so all cars ran as delivered.
looking at marks on the shoes throughout the meet indicated most pickup shoes were optimally aligned with the rail.
a few shoes were not and I am sorry that I was not able to correct that.
I am impressed by the speeds and mostly overall consistency of the cars.
only a few fell off qualifying times and many got faster, Hairy Canary yellow Trans Am as a prime (and the best) example.
I am going to examine the top two finishing cars in each class and reassemble them to my best ability without (hopefully) changing the tuning of the car.
I hope those that will have their car(s) examined understand.
this was quite a bit more work than I had anticipated because I took photos throughout the meet.
in retrospect I wish I had taken pics of the screen results for the elim passes in NTRA Street.
all said and done I had fun racing the cars.
I am honored and humbled that so many would trust me with their prize possessions.
there will certainly be a couple more posts with links to the pics and maybe some more comments on the meet.
Thank You all for making this a successful and rewarding event.
.
know that the first sensor is 11" from the starting sensor.
the next sensor is 43" from the starting sensor.
the finish sensor is 123" from the starting sensor and the MPH sensor 12" before that.
car prep.
to begin each pass I cleaned the pickup shoes thoroughly to a shine and cleaned the tires on blue painters tape (duct tape is too strong).
warmed (a couple short bursts with the controller) each car a bit well behind the sensors and then did a dry hop or two to insure the car would move.
understand that running the cars by myself and knowing that reaction time with one might (would) be better than the other, I rigged a jumper to allow me to use one controller for both lanes.
the reaction times you see, minus my reaction time which cannot be measured easily, is the reaction time of the car to the current being turned on by the controller.
be sure to understand, that because of circumstances, red light starts were ignored in determining winner and advance to next round.
so, if you review the pictures I took of the screen during NFC elims, red lights and possibly winners don't count for this race.
thus red light starts are not reflected on the time slips and those reaction numbers are recorded without a negative (-) sign in front of.
when each car took it's last pass, I put it away with whatever dirt might be on the tires and marks on the pickup shoes for your examination.
because my lights make the track warm, I had them on for at least 1/2 hour before any passes so that all cars would have the same track conditions.
voltage was checked frequently to insure all passes were made at the prescribed voltage and the amperage was turned up to full.
the Amp meter only shows draw when it is happening, so impossible for me to see that during passes.
none of the cars made any noise indicating requiring oil, so none was applied to any car.
I didn't have time to check shoe "flatness" on this Wizzard track rails like I had wanted to, so all cars ran as delivered.
looking at marks on the shoes throughout the meet indicated most pickup shoes were optimally aligned with the rail.
a few shoes were not and I am sorry that I was not able to correct that.
I am impressed by the speeds and mostly overall consistency of the cars.
only a few fell off qualifying times and many got faster, Hairy Canary yellow Trans Am as a prime (and the best) example.
I am going to examine the top two finishing cars in each class and reassemble them to my best ability without (hopefully) changing the tuning of the car.
I hope those that will have their car(s) examined understand.
this was quite a bit more work than I had anticipated because I took photos throughout the meet.
in retrospect I wish I had taken pics of the screen results for the elim passes in NTRA Street.
all said and done I had fun racing the cars.
I am honored and humbled that so many would trust me with their prize possessions.
there will certainly be a couple more posts with links to the pics and maybe some more comments on the meet.
Thank You all for making this a successful and rewarding event.
.
