Funcarsonline Forums: Video of several Laguna Seca Laps

I put a medium-resolution video of a several laps at Laguna Seca in the 996TT up for y'all. See me break my own record! See me chew up modified Vipers, Corvette Z-06's, Porsches, M3's - even a Ferrari 360 - and spit them out.

Warning. It is 80Mb - just under 14 minutes. It is hosted on a server that only allows 10 connections - and I have posted this at the M5 board as well - so connections will probably be hit or miss for the 1st day or two. If you can't get in, please try again later.

Laguna 2003

I am leaving in the next hour or two for wine country, won't be on line or back until Monday - so if you have questions I won't be able to answer them until then.

One thing - you will see a prototype of a product I'm thinking of manufacturing, called "See-G™" - it is mounted to the windshield. It indicates G force through 2 simple pendulums - making it possible to see the degree of cornering or braking force. You can also see trail braking in action as I transition off the brake while turning in, and to throttle before getting straight - usually before the apex.

The idea for this product is to make it easier to perceive what is going on in the car when watching a video. I believe it is also a very valuable "post-mortem" training aide. For example, I've learned that I sometimes reduce braking pressure too much during the 4-3 downshift into turn 5. I didn't know this, but the See-G™ shows it clearly - the black arrow jumps up from the ~1G decel it was at for a moment during the shift.

Watch the lateral G needle (red one) in the corkscrew - you'll see how quick the transition from right to left is.

This device is not designed to compete with or replace electronic data loggers. It should be in a totally different league price wise - I'm shooting for under $50..

I would very much like your feedback. You are my beta test. The resolution of this video ain't great (looks great on the original or DVD versions, of course)- but hopefully you'll get the idea.

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Greg
'01 996TT
'00 BMW M5
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