Loton - Afternoon at the museum

[kartaphilos]

Hi,

Had a good day at Loton, an interesting course! Second run was looking better than previous runs until braking for museum... Timed 2 video

The rescue and medic crews were totally professional and very thorough, I felt well looked after! I was most impressed by their methods of checking for proper mental function by their critique of my driving style ;-). Seriously, thanks!

BTW: For those interested in the data side of things, the grass/stone bank caused the car to launch and land with a fair bit of force. The datalogger has a 2g peak range so all I can say is vertical acceleration hit 2g about 8 times, the longest sustained for at over a tenth of a second which was hitting the bank. Peak longitudonal g was only 1.36g (so just like hard braking on track tyres?)

[grahamb]

Looks like you were trying very very hard. Shame about the off. Whats it done to the chassis?

[CNHSS1]

oooosh! that looks a hard hit!
hope your ok and its only the wallet thats painful today.

likethe data on screen, when youre feeling better, maybe let me have some details please.

CNH

[Steve Wilkinson]

I was impressed by the fact that Matt's only worry was missing next week's trip to France!

[kartaphilos]

Originally Posted by Steve Wilkinson

I was impressed by the fact that Matt's only worry was missing next week's trip to France!

Steve....Not quite my only worry....I had to worry about getting home that night as well!

Things looking good for France. Damage mostly cosmetic, some suspension mounting point welding, a bumper, and maybe a radiator will be enough to get me going. Won't look pretty but should go ok. No chassis damage other than mounting point for rad.

CNHSS1 - The video overlay is by Track Vision. Takes exported data from a large number of data loggers. I use a DL1.

[CNHSS1]

i have a DL90 so will look into it, cheers. Easy enough to use?

hope the rebuild isnt too bad and you are out to play again soon

[Steve Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by kartaphilos

Things looking good for France. Damage mostly cosmetic, some suspension mounting point welding, a bumper, and maybe a radiator will be enough to get me going. Won't look pretty but should go ok. No chassis damage other than mounting point for rad.

That is good news; anyway the 'scars' will be a talking point.

I am already looking forward to the on-board footage from 'le trip'.

[kartaphilos]

Originally Posted by CNHSS1

i have a DL90 so will look into it, cheers. Easy enough to use?

hope the rebuild isnt too bad and you are out to play again soon

Pretty straight forward to use export data as a csv sync of video and data and that's it. They have a demo version that you can try. If we're ever at the same event I'll show you how it works.

[CNHSS1]

cheers for the offer
i had a brief look at their site, but need more time to get around to trying the demo version (need to do some work now )
thanks again
Craig
PS tank tape and tywraps are your friend for body work repairs