clyde325xiT
06-19-2004, 04:13 PM
Thanks to Ken for taping! :thumbup:
This is kind of interesting. John's best run (raw) and my best run side by side with timecode with the course broken into five segments. Four of the five segments begin with the cars in the same basic position and the time code at 0. Segment 4 begins with me a bit in front of John, but John going faster. It zeros on the approach into the first left (which, frankly, should have been the finish point for Segment 3).
Anyway, seeing how and where I'm losing time against John is rather instructive, as is seeing the sections where I'm getting through a little quicker. The final turn into the finish is eye opening between our two approaches. It was a very tight 90 left through a box designed to slow you down and a short straight chute to the finish. We approached with about the same speed, but John went wider with a more classic style late apex. I dove in a little sooner and a little hotter. I wound up crossing the finish a tick or two earlier (comparatively), but it's clear that John's trap speed is MUCH higher than mine. Another car length or two before the finish and he would have had me. OTOH, if the finish had been a car length or two closer to the last turn, I would have had him by that much more.
There's a lot of little stuff like that. It all has to be taken with a grain or two of salt since the camrea's viewpoint is shifted a little between runs, which limits the relative accuracy of the time measurements.
Anyway, the video is in MPEG-4 format and I would recommend using Apple's Quicktime player to watch it since you can go through it frame by frame. Since the frame rate (and counter) is based on nearly 30FPS (29.97), each three ticks of the right most part of the counter is equal to one tenth.
Right click -> Save As...
Front Slalom (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/1-Front_Slalom.mp4): John wins by 3/10 (5.2 MB)
Front Stretch (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/2-Front_Stretch.mp4): John wins by 2/10 (5.9 MB)
Back Stretch (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/3-Back_Stretch.mp4): John wins by 4/10 (7.4 MB)
Mid-Field Turnback (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/4-Mid-Field_Turnback.mp4): John wins by 1/10 (9.2 MB)
End Slalom-Finish (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/5-End_Slalom-Finsh.mp4): Clyde wins by 1/10 (7.1 MB)
This is kind of interesting. John's best run (raw) and my best run side by side with timecode with the course broken into five segments. Four of the five segments begin with the cars in the same basic position and the time code at 0. Segment 4 begins with me a bit in front of John, but John going faster. It zeros on the approach into the first left (which, frankly, should have been the finish point for Segment 3).
Anyway, seeing how and where I'm losing time against John is rather instructive, as is seeing the sections where I'm getting through a little quicker. The final turn into the finish is eye opening between our two approaches. It was a very tight 90 left through a box designed to slow you down and a short straight chute to the finish. We approached with about the same speed, but John went wider with a more classic style late apex. I dove in a little sooner and a little hotter. I wound up crossing the finish a tick or two earlier (comparatively), but it's clear that John's trap speed is MUCH higher than mine. Another car length or two before the finish and he would have had me. OTOH, if the finish had been a car length or two closer to the last turn, I would have had him by that much more.
There's a lot of little stuff like that. It all has to be taken with a grain or two of salt since the camrea's viewpoint is shifted a little between runs, which limits the relative accuracy of the time measurements.
Anyway, the video is in MPEG-4 format and I would recommend using Apple's Quicktime player to watch it since you can go through it frame by frame. Since the frame rate (and counter) is based on nearly 30FPS (29.97), each three ticks of the right most part of the counter is equal to one tenth.
Right click -> Save As...
Front Slalom (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/1-Front_Slalom.mp4): John wins by 3/10 (5.2 MB)
Front Stretch (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/2-Front_Stretch.mp4): John wins by 2/10 (5.9 MB)
Back Stretch (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/3-Back_Stretch.mp4): John wins by 4/10 (7.4 MB)
Mid-Field Turnback (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/4-Mid-Field_Turnback.mp4): John wins by 1/10 (9.2 MB)
End Slalom-Finish (http://clydeorama.com/photos/albums/061304ax/5-End_Slalom-Finsh.mp4): Clyde wins by 1/10 (7.1 MB)