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[Funracer]

Anybody tried this system?

http://www.mh-motors...ap_timers.shtml

http://racechrono.com.au/

Downsides I see are no hardwire option (unless I missed it), does not have accelometers in it and not very common yet in road racing.

Upside - Great value. Lots of features and includes a color touchscreen for half the price of others (or less!).

Tempting!

Regards

[forestdweller37]

Hi. The products your links point to are prepackaged hardware loaded with the Racechrono software that can be downloaded for free (with donations accepted) from here:
http://www.racechrono.com/

It runs on various mobile devices like PDA's or smart phones. There's even a PC version of the software available.

I tried out the software last season for autocrossing and posted a review on it here:
http://www.sccaforum...950/scope/posts

The only issue I see with the basic system you linked to is that it appears to use an internal 1 Hz GPS receiver. It would be nice to have at least 5 Hz. The more expensive systems use bluetooth GPS receivers to achieve 10 Hz. In my experience, Bluetooth has been ok in an autox car only if the GPS transmitter and receiver were very close together (i.e. 2' or less). I don't know how well it works in a road racing environment.

Hope this helps.
-Chris

[Funracer]

Hi. The products your links point to are prepackaged hardware loaded with the Racechrono software that can be downloaded for free (with donations accepted) from here:
http://www.racechrono.com/

It runs on various mobile devices like PDA's or smart phones. There's even a PC version of the software available.

I tried out the software last season for autocrossing and posted a review on it here:
http://www.sccaforum...950/scope/posts

The only issue I see with the basic system you linked to is that it appears to use an internal 1 Hz GPS receiver. It would be nice to have at least 5 Hz. The more expensive systems use bluetooth GPS receivers to achieve 10 Hz. In my experience, Bluetooth has been ok in an autox car only if the GPS transmitter and receiver were very close together (i.e. 2' or less). I don't know how well it works in a road racing environment.

Hope this helps.
-Chris

Thanks Chris. According to the site the "Basic" version uses an internal
GPS with a 1 Hz receiver. For $100 more the "Pro" version uses a seperate remotely mounted GPS with a 5 Hz capability.

I am happy to finally see some price competition in data aquisition products. GPS hardware gets cheaper and cheaper but the price of DAQ units never seem to drop.

I would prefer to hardwire mine and might be able to figure out a way
to do that. The only other thing is it might be difficult to compare
data with others. I doubt there are many of these road racing yet.

Not sure this thing will be quite as good as the new touchscreen
Traqmate but for $800 less I think it is worth considering for
basic DAQ.

Regards