lewey Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Wanted to post this video of me going up Shelsley last weekend as I hope it will provide amusement. Knowing Barney was a second ahead of me, I thought I could probably make it up with some late braking and a bit of red mist came into play. Shame really as I was going a second quicker at the first trap anyway! Video Quote
fordy Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 ouch!!!- any damage, quite impressed you managed to finish it really - let alone only +1.6seconds. Quote
studbuckle Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 just buffering the video.... any chance of changing that avatar to something a bit more dial up friendly it's 777Kb! Quote
scott beeland Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Ouch. Never been to Shelsley but I was expecting more of a Loton Park style of hill really Quote
studbuckle Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 you lifted 5 m before the finishline! i think you mean 'gave up' after a missed upchange... good effort though a nice commited drive Quote
lewey Posted May 20, 2005 Author Posted May 20, 2005 Amazing what a moment like that can do for your concentration. I missed the gear and thought, who gives a crap? Haven't missed a gear in recent memory on or off the track. I will change avatar back to static picture- it is a bit greedy. Quote
Arm Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Have you checked the front wishbones after 'brushing' the bank ? Quote
lewey Posted May 20, 2005 Author Posted May 20, 2005 I've "looked" at them and they seem straight. About as far as I've gone. Car drives the same- long journey home was ok. So glad I missed the tyres, that would have hurt the car. Seem to have lifted brake at right time to get turn in, couldn't have planned it better. Quote
Blatman Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 couldn't have planned it better. Yeah. Getting the turn right would have been silly Taxi. One that can corner please... Quote
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 How did you get the timer in the box on the left ? I too was videoing into a very small solid state box that gives resonable quality. Interesting to compare the 2 runs missed the bank though. Cheers Nick Quote
lewey Posted May 20, 2005 Author Posted May 20, 2005 Added timer myself in post production. Take the actual time recorded, que up a timer fucntion in my software for that amount and lay it over the top backwards from the finish. I recorded straight onto dv tape in the end as the solid state box I had ran out of batteries before the first practice! Not a missed beat on the tape which is amazing. Rubber damping in the form of land rover radiator hoses sorted that out. Got friends to video on all the bends so have a full external and internal montage here. Great analysis tool, although the only thing I took away from Shelsley was don't change to new tyres and suspension all round just before an event! Tried to go and stop as fast as normal to my detriment. Nick, were you in the supercharged vx? Quote
adhawkins Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Nick's car is a supercharged Busa I believe. Or maybe blade. BEC anyway Andy Quote
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