RJFabCab

LMAO! That's exactly what I was thinking... screw the Hotlap. Just velcro that sucker to your dash until you get a data system.

BTW, Dell... where is all of this going?

ltc

Likely because everyone here is infected with the same disease?

LVDell

Is there a cure for Porscheritis?

paradisenb

Dell,

I think something like THIS whould give you plenty to play with while you wait for the TM.

ltc

If you want a stopwatch that can record/display MANY split times (for up to 4 drivers), I would suggest the AIM Multichron (pretty much the de facto stopwatch at karting events (you can even buy it in a color to match your car):

http://aimsports.com/products/multichron/index.html
Manual:
http://aimsports.com/pdf/Multichron_107_eng.pdf

Just tap when you pass your split marker/reference and tap when you pass start/finish. You will have all of your split and lap times available.

kgorman

Dell,

I just bought a Traqmate, I love it. So I don't need my AIM Mycron Light anymore. I will sell it to you for $175. It's nice because it uses the AIM transponder so most DE's it's on the wall already. I found it to be much better than a Hotlap.

http://www.aimsports.com/products/tg/index.html

RickBetterley

I sold my HotLap timer for $50 late last year; they work OK, not great (had QC problems that were solved by shimming the circuit board with a piece of cardboard). Bet you can find a similiar deal as many of us have moved on, but its not a bad system.
BTW, you can test the receiver by waving a flourescent light in front of it.

RJFabCab

There is no cure and withdrawal can be serious.

Better get to the track soon... the clock's a tickin'!

RonCT

TraqMate is about to come out with a software update that will combine "best segments" of your session and give you a theoretical. If only I could combine like the software will. Point is that within a best lap, I will find that I don't have best segments or data points. I can look at 10 laps and find that there's a cluster of some "best" data in the best laps, but brake timing, entry and exit speed, lateral and braking Gs, etc. are plus and minus in the various laps. So it gives me something great to work on - seeing just where I can brake even if it wasn't done in my best lap.

LVDell

Me? What about you! I was at the track last weekend for 3 days and then another this coming for 3 more days. hmmmmmm, 6 track days in 10 days.

ltc

AIM does that now.

kurt M

Reminds me of a funny one. One of our instructors noted that her student was grabbing and tugging at his nuts coming out of T10 at Summit Point every time. After the run she asked him if he was suffering a bit of a problem and he fessed up to having a stop watch in his underwear. The excuse was in his region you are not allowed to have timers so he was hiding it. Talk about short segments.

bobt993

Ron, G2X does this since inception. Problem in a DE is ........TRAFFIC. You need video overlay to realize where. Most important clues without video is to look at rpm's, corner speeds. I usually find my fast lap in a fast group is within a couple tenths of theoretical fast lap for the Glen. Now tracks with throw-away corners such as VIR and SP, you can get a much faster theoretical lap when your experimenting with the old fast in VS late apex fast out scenarios.

Still the best tool, trade cars with a similar driver/similar car. Compare data.

sjanes

Buy her some nice earings and when she asks how much the TM cost, pull out the earing box and say "the same as these".

LVDell

Appears you have done this before?