 Lap timer apps for droid, Any recommendations/thoughts? |
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| Krieger |
 Sep 3 2013, 08:42 PM
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I had an old fashioned Hot Lap timer in my car this past weekend and had problems with it. Actually other people had the same inconsistencies. I was looking at a Droid App by Trackmaster. Does video and lap times, speed.
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| r_towle |
Sep 4 2013, 06:47 PM
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how are these things getting a signal from a base station?
They must pick up a signal when passing some sort or marker, right? |
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| ThePaintedMan |
Sep 4 2013, 07:29 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Sep 4 2013, 08:47 PM)  how are these things getting a signal from a base station? They must pick up a signal when passing some sort or marker, right? Yeah, a GPS point that the user can define. You can do it on the phone, or on a computer and send it to the phone. Basically all you need is one GPS point (the starting line), or you can put in multiple points for sector/split times. The GPS on the phone knows when it passes that point, and records that information in the form of laptimes/split times. Trackmaster does all sorts of other stuff. You can do a "LiveView" which lets you track the car on the course via a laptop or second phone. It also measures top speed, G-forces (roughly) and several other parameters within the phone's capabilities. The phone will actually call out split times and lap times if you select that option too. I'm going karting this weekend for my bachelor party - I'll try to post my datalog on here so you can check it out. |
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Krieger Lap timer apps for droid Sep 3 2013, 08:42 PM
Woody Harry's lap timer just recently became availab... Sep 4 2013, 05:19 AM Krieger Thanks Woody Ill check it out! Sep 4 2013, 07:56 AM jeff http://aimsports.com/
I have this setup on my kart... Sep 4 2013, 08:56 AM ThePaintedMan I have Trackmaster on my phone and it's well w... Sep 4 2013, 09:55 AM Krieger I think they use GPS. The Trackmaster is cheap an... Sep 4 2013, 07:27 PM Woody An external Bluetooth GPS reciever is recommend fo... Sep 4 2013, 07:34 PM
ThePaintedMan
An external Bluetooth GPS reciever is recommend f... Sep 4 2013, 07:53 PM r_towle Start and stop at our autox is in different places... Sep 4 2013, 08:01 PM Woody
Start and stop at our autox is in different place... Sep 4 2013, 08:42 PM SirAndy The problem with GPS is that at it's best it h... Sep 5 2013, 12:39 AM Matt Romanowski
The problem with GPS is that at it's best it ... Sep 8 2013, 04:30 PM ThePaintedMan
They end up very accurate. For instance, an AiM ... Sep 9 2013, 10:00 PM SirAndy At least that's how I understand it all.
:D... Sep 9 2013, 11:27 PM ThePaintedMan
I actually work with this stuff on a daily basis... Sep 10 2013, 08:10 AM r_towle I recall that the 3 foot accuracy was just recentl... Sep 5 2013, 05:10 AM ThePaintedMan See if this works for you guys, but this is what a... Sep 10 2013, 08:20 AM Matt Romanowski :confused: I'm not a GPS expect, but have 1,00... Sep 10 2013, 09:33 AM wobbletop The GPS units also add things like sector times, c... Sep 10 2013, 10:44 AM |
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