Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Techy, electrical type question - IR transmitter

[TP]

Originally Posted by domski

You silly boy - I have a reciever. It's called a LAP TIMER!!

What I want to make is the bit that sits on pit wall - coz not all circuit beacons are turned on for trackdays and I don't have £40 to buy a Rollcentre one (which is made from £5 worth of bits).

Go to the back!!

My most humble apologies oh guru, please allow me to prostrate myself before thee and beg thy forgiveness!

Alternatively you could just pish off!

[domski]

Naturally

[TP]

Originally Posted by domski

Naturally

.. I love you.

[twpd]

Originally Posted by domski

OK, so what I want to know is... what do I need to build an IR transmitter - assuming that this is what I need to set off my lap timer.

At Brands in the pit garage, we could set it off with a TV remote.

So can I go down to the local electrical shop and buy some bits to make my own beacon??

If so, what will I need??

I can buy a 'proper' one for £40, but no doubt it's made from 50p's worth of parts.

Thanks ta

Ummmmm...you don't need one. Every circuit I've raced on has had a transmitter in use on race days.

Originally Posted by twpd

Ummmmm...you don't need one. Every circuit I've raced on has had a transmitter in use on race days.

exactly ....

but Domski wants this for trackdays .. personally thats a **** attitude as trackdays are for fun, not for skimming the last 10th of a second from your lap times.

you have DD Domski, keep your racing there or book some ACU days as your average trackdaypunter doesn't want you out there pushing the limit ...

[twpd]

I didn't realise it was for a trackday - anyway it's next to near impossible to post fast lap times on a trackday due to the traffic so, why bother?

[TP]

Oh for god's sake ...

How many 'trackdaypunters' do you see running laptimers? Heaps! I've walked around the pits on quite a few track days last year and seen loads of people with them, trying to hide them away.

Yes it's difficult to set a hot lap without disturbing other riders on track but you do get clean laps in the fast group so you do get the opportunity to have a go without impacting others.

I've ridden with Dom on a track day and I can vouch for him being a courteous rider who doesn't go stuffing the bike under people mid-corner etc. Track days help racers learn/refresh the circuit, it doesn't necessarily mean that you push every friggen lap and carve people up. In general it's the bloody hero's who think they are superfast that carve people up, not racers. There's exceptions to every rule ... JUST MY EXPERIENCE!

Just like legends who want 46psi in the rear so they can 'rear-wheel' steer the bike around in the novice group ...

[domski]

Originally Posted by DIBBLE

Domski wants this for trackdays .. personally thats a **** attitude as trackdays are for fun, not for skimming the last 10th of a second from your lap times.

I didn't realise you wrote the rule book for trackdays Dribble.

When I'm doing my 57 second laps around Brands Indy with my monsterous 60bhp missile, are you suggesting that the guys doing 50 second laps should be banned? What happens if they're having fun doing 50s laps, what do you do then?

Not only that my friend, but I'm not daft to think that I would get anywhere near my race lap times on a trackday. At Castle Combe I was doing 1m 26s on the trackday, and ended up doing 1m 22s in the race, and I had fun doing both.

you have DD Domski, keep your racing there or book some ACU days as your average trackdaypunter doesn't want you out there pushing the limit ...

You're a funny bloke. Out there pushing it to the limit??? Give me a break. I don't do that in a race, let alone on a trackday.

Just for arguments sake, I'd rather have people with good ability out there pushing things to the limit, than a bunch of average trackday punters getting themselves in trouble and really causing a risk to everyone else.

...and not only that - If I want to make a timing beacon, then I ****ing well can!!!

Take your spoon elsewhere!

Originally Posted by domski

I didn't realise you wrote the rule book for trackdays Dribble.

Just for arguments sake, I'd rather have people with good ability out there pushing things to the limit, than a bunch of average trackday punters getting themselves in trouble and really causing a risk to everyone else.

...and not only that - If I want to make a timing beacon, then I ****ing well can!!!

Take your spoon elsewhere!

No I didn't, but they do exist ....

As for point two, thats easy, stick to racing and ACU days, you don't have to worry about your average rule abiding trackday punter or their ability ...

who cares if you build a beacon, build what you like, just use it at the appropriate time .. and thats NOT a trackday.

As for my spoon, don't tempt me !!!!!

TP, and why are these racers hiding their laptimers ?? and if they are just out there practising their lines and refreshing their knowledge, not pushing the envelope, why do they need them ???

The rules are their as they are deemed necessary to the punters safety ... you should know that better than anyone !!!

[domski]

So you don't know how slow you've ridden around any track then?

You must be one of a kind.