The Competition Car Data Logging Manual

Graham Templeman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2008
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-84584-162-1 (ISBN)

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At last – a practical handbook on how to choose and operate datalogging equipment and get the full benefit from what it tells you. Aimed at the amateur competitor, it covers hardware and software and takes over where the manufacturers instructions run out. It shows how to understand what the data is telling you and how to use it to go faster. It covers standard information screens and shows you how to create your own charts and tables that will illuminate the performance of both the car, the driver and the team. On the way, it deals with systems management issues, how to get quick and easy payoffs, and how to benefit in the long term. It explains how sensors work, how to fit them so they survive and how to calibrate them. The final chapter is a field guide designed to help you run the system, trouble-shoot hardware and software problems and quickly interpret the graphs during an event.

Graham Templeman has been in and around motorsport for more years than he’ll admit, and in that time has raced Minis, Production Sports cars and Formula Ford. He has engineered single seaters, racing sports cars and rally cars, and writes for technical motorsport magazines such as Race Tech, Practical Performance Car, and Full Throttle. Graham's current interest is data logging, about which he has a wide experience of installation, operation and interpretation.

Introduction Basic principles -A to D conversion -Sampling rates -Number of channels The hardware Choosing a datalogger Installation -Manufacturers instructions -CAN and serial interfaces -Calibration Maintenance Home made sensors -The potential divider -Frequency measurement -Active and passive sensors Configuring the software -Choice of channels -Channel redundancy -Maths channels At the track - Who does what The importance of routine -Who does what -Checklists Testing -The test programme -Forgetting the script Race day -Immediate hits -The debrief -Decisions Understanding the car The engine -Vital signs -Performance Brakes -Performance -Brake balance Gearing Handling -Absolute performance -Understeer -Oversteer -Traction -Transitional behaviour -Understanding the driver -The time line -Driver styles and driver input -Driving style -Adapting to the car -Adapting to the conditions -Room for improvement -Cornering lines -Steering -Brakes -Throttle Improving the package - after the event Set down Post processing Planning Other disciplines Sprints and hillclimbs Rallying and off-road events The field guide Hardware trouble shooting Data trouble shooting Quick interpretation guide - shapes and symptoms

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.8.2008
Reihe/Serie	Speedpro
Sprache	englisch
Maße	207 x 250 mm
Gewicht	541 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	1-84584-162-X / 184584162X
ISBN-13	978-1-84584-162-1 / 9781845841621
Zustand	Neuware