@paulkish @Bob Evans think I got it right this time.
Very interested in your opinion @racing promotor and @CarlsonMotorsports
No I see no value what so ever, but I'm old school.Very interested in your opinion @racing promotor and @CarlsonMotorsports
Same here for karts moisture does not have to be deep, I can see if it's moist or not my foot tells me how solid it is, and if it's sealed over or has some grip.I think dirt changes to much to forecast accurately, you can walk the track and gather all info needed in just a few minutes, I dont use a screwdriver I use my foot
Yes accurate detailed notes, with weather and track conditions, lap times, gearing, as far as an app If track uses it Race Monitor tells you a lot.Thanks all, great feedback here.
If you haven’t voted yet please do so. This is very helpful in my decision of what feature to focus on for the RaceDay IQ app.
So maybe a user friendly digital setup book (mobile app) would be more helpful? Just something to capture data and results?
My app never crashes, and cant be deleted, and for the most part free.......pen and paper, you know the lost art form of actually writingYes accurate detailed notes, with weather and track conditions, lap times, gearing, as far as an app If track uses it Race Monitor tells you a lot.
Well you do have a point, there are some pros to pen and paper.My app never crashes, and cant be deleted, and for the most part free.......pen and paper, you know the lost art form of actually writing
My notes are in alphabetical order so its easy to find and look at past notes, we only run 3 maybe 4 tracks on the regular, and 1 home track and the majority of karters will always race at 1 trackWell you do have a point, there are some pros to pen and paper.
Do you ever want to do trending over time or lookup prior setup info by track condition?
Completely agree... I would not release an app to the public that stores data without it having an offline sync capability. So in the case of lost phone data is backed up and without cellular or WiFi it still works. When connection is available it syncs data.if I've lost my phone or some reason you dont have wifi. The app is useless.
Thanks all, great feedback here.
If you haven’t voted yet please do so. This is very helpful in my decision of what feature to focus on for the RaceDay IQ app.
So maybe a user friendly digital setup book (mobile app) would be more helpful? Just something to capture data and results?
Just read through this again and folks keeping paper record had nothing at all to do with me changing my vote.
I'm now thinking an app which predicts track moisture would not be of any use because of how complex and likely wrong it would be.
It might give you some number much like Al's number for wedge that if you learned to use it could help but it would be a number or reference meaningful only to those who gained experience with it over many years. I also don't think it would gain acceptance and you could not discuss it with anyone. Ok I guess if you want to learn some little secret thing nobody else knows or cares about.
I think everyone could relate to an available grip number for tire selection and preparation if one was figured out and valid.
I came up with what I still think would be an easily used and workable mechanical tool design to measure track grip. I probably should make it and see for sure if it would work. If you came up with an app that could even pretty well predict total available grip it would be helpful in tire selection and preparation. But your asking about moisture and I don't see its worth?
I don't see how racers would be able to use an app unless they physically took unique readings needed for the app. Might special training be need to use an app for moisture so all would get similar results? It might end up the same as using your tire gauge being it doesn't matter what or how your gauge reads, so long as you always use the same gauge in the same way.
Fun to think about it but i'm now not seeing it differently. Maybe it's needed but I think your task of making it useful and needed is years of work away.
what I was trying to do was come up with some way for a racer that only has a couple sets of tires to get some estimate of what the track surface may be like on race day
I'm curious about your idea to measure grip using a mechanical device.