Here is our karting 1 podcast interview with Oliver Rowland
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
F1 Legend Alex Hawkridge on Senna and Iztech Kart Seats
To find out what an F1 legend thinks made Senna different to all the rest, and how race driving philosophy can turn up in Iztech racing seats, check out the karting1 podcast with the Alex Hawkridge interview.
Alex is the man behin Toleman F1 which eventually became Benetton and now Renault. He was responsible for bringing Ayrton Senna into F1 and is now leading R&D for Iztech Kart Seats
Check out the karting1 podcast here
Alex is the man behin Toleman F1 which eventually became Benetton and now Renault. He was responsible for bringing Ayrton Senna into F1 and is now leading R&D for Iztech Kart Seats
Check out the karting1 podcast here
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
MyTach GPS Watch
I've been playing around with the Mytach GPS watch from AiM, and frankly it's even better than the far more expensive GPS module that you can add to your Mychron 4.
The data from the Mytach can be imported straight into the Race Studio software and will produce all the usual features you would expect. You get your track map, limitless splits, speed trace, lat-g and long g. You cab use it to analyse lines and export them to google earth.
The mytach picks up satalites much faster than the GPS module and works inside cars and even inside some buildings when you are close to a window.
To find out more visit the mytach website
The data from the Mytach can be imported straight into the Race Studio software and will produce all the usual features you would expect. You get your track map, limitless splits, speed trace, lat-g and long g. You cab use it to analyse lines and export them to google earth.
The mytach picks up satalites much faster than the GPS module and works inside cars and even inside some buildings when you are close to a window.
To find out more visit the mytach website
Friday, September 26, 2008
MyChron 4 Hints and Tips - Tutorials on YouTube for MyChron 4
We've put together some tutorials showing you how to quickly get to grips with using MyChron4 data using the Race Studio analysis software.
The videos cover the basics like getting data from the actual MyChron to Race Studio on your PC using the datakey, to more advanced stuff like using a speed trace from your GPS module.
Playlist on YouTube for all 3 MyChron 4 Tutorials
MyChron4 Tutorial 1 - Downloading sessions into Race Studio 2 from your Data Key.
MyChron 4 Tutorial 2 - How to set up a track map in Race Studio 2 Analysis using AIM Mychron equipment
Mychron4 Tutorial 3 - How to set up a measures graph, and prepare for analysis using the GPS Speed trace
The videos cover the basics like getting data from the actual MyChron to Race Studio on your PC using the datakey, to more advanced stuff like using a speed trace from your GPS module.
Playlist on YouTube for all 3 MyChron 4 Tutorials
MyChron4 Tutorial 1 - Downloading sessions into Race Studio 2 from your Data Key.
MyChron 4 Tutorial 2 - How to set up a track map in Race Studio 2 Analysis using AIM Mychron equipment
Mychron4 Tutorial 3 - How to set up a measures graph, and prepare for analysis using the GPS Speed trace
Monday, September 22, 2008
Using Mychron 4 Data to Win Kart Races
Arnaud Kozlinski was on pole for the final at the 2008 World Karting Championship, followed closely on the grid by karting guru Davide Fore. What did these guys have in common?
They were both running Mychron 4 data logging systems with the Aim GPS module attatched. You can easily spot the guys using the AiM GPS system because the antenna is stuck at the top of the nassau panel and sticks out like a sore thumb!
Now, at the end of the race it was Tony Kart who were triumphant after Kozlinski retired from the front, and Tony Kart have invested big into Data Acquisition themselves.... choosing the rather pricey Pi system.
Anyway, my point is that you can use the same Mychron 4 GPS system as the CRG and Maranello teams use at the World championships, because it is a relatively inexpensive system and more importantly very simple. You can literally plug the GPS module straight into the back of your MyChron 4 and it will immediately produce high quality speed traces, g forces and beautiul track maps with your racing lines.
With that information you can look at any point on the track and see your exact speed. This means you can compare your fastest lap with other laps and see exactly why it was faster. And even better, you can dig out instances when you 'accidently' took a corner extra fast and figure out why. Then you can go out and recreate that method and find time.
I have now helped drivers perform miracles at Mychron 4 coaching days doing just that. With the GPS module I can ask a driver to do a 15 lap session, and home in on an occasion when he found a tenth or two in one corner (even if the lap turned out to be junk). I can then figure out why that corner was so qick by looking at the speed of the kart and the line he took, and ask him to do it again, combined with the methods he used to make a quick lap already. That's how you find yourself getting very close to lap records.
I can safely say that if you arent running a system like Mychron 4 with GPS then you are throwing away faster lap times. I can't survive in the kart coaching business without it now and I recommend you buy one. I got my system direct from the importers here AiM MyChron4 GPS
They were both running Mychron 4 data logging systems with the Aim GPS module attatched. You can easily spot the guys using the AiM GPS system because the antenna is stuck at the top of the nassau panel and sticks out like a sore thumb!
Now, at the end of the race it was Tony Kart who were triumphant after Kozlinski retired from the front, and Tony Kart have invested big into Data Acquisition themselves.... choosing the rather pricey Pi system.
Anyway, my point is that you can use the same Mychron 4 GPS system as the CRG and Maranello teams use at the World championships, because it is a relatively inexpensive system and more importantly very simple. You can literally plug the GPS module straight into the back of your MyChron 4 and it will immediately produce high quality speed traces, g forces and beautiul track maps with your racing lines.
With that information you can look at any point on the track and see your exact speed. This means you can compare your fastest lap with other laps and see exactly why it was faster. And even better, you can dig out instances when you 'accidently' took a corner extra fast and figure out why. Then you can go out and recreate that method and find time.
I have now helped drivers perform miracles at Mychron 4 coaching days doing just that. With the GPS module I can ask a driver to do a 15 lap session, and home in on an occasion when he found a tenth or two in one corner (even if the lap turned out to be junk). I can then figure out why that corner was so qick by looking at the speed of the kart and the line he took, and ask him to do it again, combined with the methods he used to make a quick lap already. That's how you find yourself getting very close to lap records.
I can safely say that if you arent running a system like Mychron 4 with GPS then you are throwing away faster lap times. I can't survive in the kart coaching business without it now and I recommend you buy one. I got my system direct from the importers here AiM MyChron4 GPS
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