Was it just me?

sstSteveM · 06-23-2008, 05:01 PM

Jeff,
I was just tossing out some random questions, I appreciate the frank response and I hope to take you up on your offer some day. I hope others racers will do so as well!

Maybe we can nip any issues beforehand, I think Tom is onto something.
Last year we had to halt a race for 15-20 minutes because the track said the sun was interfering with the timing system. Since the sun's rays are 80% in IR, it makes perfect sense that at the right angle it would make a sensor believe it isn't broken, and for sure delay the feedback.

They did this on the show Mythbusters when they disabled an IR security system by shining a light at the sensor.

You know what would be cool is if we didn't have invisible IR for beams, but had visible red laser beams for staging and or the finish line. Talk about cool data and great finish line shots!

-steve

06-23-2008, 05:01 PM	#15
sstSteveM Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Was it just me? Jeff, I was just tossing out some random questions, I appreciate the frank response and I hope to take you up on your offer some day. I hope others racers will do so as well! Maybe we can nip any issues beforehand, I think Tom is onto something. Last year we had to halt a race for 15-20 minutes because the track said the sun was interfering with the timing system. Since the sun's rays are 80% in IR, it makes perfect sense that at the right angle it would make a sensor believe it isn't broken, and for sure delay the feedback. They did this on the show Mythbusters when they disabled an IR security system by shining a light at the sensor. You know what would be cool is if we didn't have invisible IR for beams, but had visible red laser beams for staging and or the finish line. Talk about cool data and great finish line shots! -steve