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tbiker99
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Post subject: Bitburg "track" ?s  Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:00 pm |
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Joined: Fri Jun 18, 2004 10:15 pm
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Location: K-town Area, Germany
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I have gone up to Bitburg twice to watch the drag racing, and both times I have enjoyed myself and brought friends with me. Sorry, you won't see my camaro race. As much as I want to, I can't afford to take a chance breaking my car.
Now for my question:
Is there ever a "display" showing times? I would really like to see some of the times that people run. Even a "white board" showing the days best.
thanks
tom
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:09 pm |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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we're working on a display, we might have it there for August, though I will not promise it until it's finished 
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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Fast GTO
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:33 pm |
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Joined: Sun Sep 26, 2004 4:12 pm
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Location: Schweinfurt Germany
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It will be awesome if we get a display.
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tbiker99
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:01 am |
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Thanks for keeping us informed. If you need help, let me know. My shop repairs and installs radars for a living, and we don't have too much to do right now. I am sure one or two of them would love to help.
tom
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:44 am |
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Joined: Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 pm
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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Hm ... nice idea, setting up a speed camera at the quarter ... heck, 100mph in a 10mph zone ... could make some extra money ... 
Apart from that, you don't happen to have an idea how to get a reliable 11.5V @ 5A out of a car battery with a varying voltage of 12.5-13.7V? Using a normal 12V voltage regulator would not get enough output current due to 1-2.5V drop ...
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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tbiker99
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:36 pm |
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:58 pm |
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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Problem is that I can't put AC all over the place ...  With the car/truck battery, we're more or less free to put the display anywhere we please, just need to feed the signal to the display ...
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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tbiker99
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:19 pm |
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Location: K-town Area, Germany
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Let me see what my guys can come up with.
tom
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:28 pm |
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Location: Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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For the next Bitburg event, we will probably just put it up at near the computer where I can run it off of the DC power supply ... at least then I can set it to the Volts I need
Just measured two batteries today, they both came in around 12.3-12.5V while the car was not running ... if they held that for a while, I could just hook up the 85Ohm resistors I got to get it down 1V ... might have to try that and see how long the battery survives ... 
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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