That must be it. It records great down the pits and then bam, it shuts off as soon as I start taching the motor.

I wonder if there is anyway to change the sensitivity to vibration settings on these things.

 

You can change the mount assembly to yield a different elasticity. If you soften it somewhat you'll lower the natural frequency. It will still vibrate, but at a lower rpm.

Yeah, that's it. Tune the camera mount for 1,000 rpm and set the idle at 2,000.

 

Greg since I'm in the rubber business I ought to be able to try this. I don't know how much isolation it needs but will give it a try. I got plenty of rubber.

 

Wayne - I don't think the DVD style will work on its own for in car recording. Everytime you hit a bump, it will skip. Same thing happens with the Hard disk style camera. if you did a remote camera setup (like the RaceCam system Mike Iapaluccio has), you could put the recorder into a foam padded box/bag and it should work fine. Make sure your camera has A/V IN capabilities.

 

Defeinitely will happen with hard mounted hard disk cameras....bump = skip, OR shut off. The hard disk cameras do fins in a remote mount bag/box with minimal shock protection and a bullit camera or more.

 

Hey thanks, you guys. Anybody want to buy a nice mini DVD/hard disc camera?

I will look into the remote camera set up, , RaceCam.

 

Hmmm... Sounds like I should stick with my ancient Hi8 Sony then. Not the best image and clunky camera, but no skipping.

Darn! I wanted an excuse for a cool new toy too!

 

Congratulations and thanks to the Chicago crew for pulling off an excellent event, best race of the year in my opinion. I had a hell of a time learning the track. (thanks for the pointers Jerry!)

 

Timely, as i was looking at DVD type recorders tonight.

 

Here's the sheets I have:

 

Results just showed up on MyLaps this afternoon!

 

Results are now up on pca.org

 

What's the rule on track records? Do they only go back to 2004? It's nice having my name on one but a little embarrassing knowing Chris Cervelli ran faster in 2003.

 

I think the guy that maintains them just takes some time to go thru all the past history.

 

Thanks. I'll take a quick screen print, frame it and wait for it to disappear.