Videos from VIR-Grand

RickyBeam · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:35 pm

Sunday Red Group
- Session 1 : https://youtu.be/31b6ZeunYHs
- Session 2 : https://youtu.be/kir7ia_sErk
(camera wasn't working for the last session)

I can upload Charles in blue group if he wants people to see him driving slow :-) (in his defense, he's focused on listening to his instructor.)

From a company world renowned for GPS technology, the Garmin VIRB is horrible. (the car cannot go 110mph; that's beyond rev limit) And their software (written in C#) is even worse. (it's gluing red and blue together as the sessions were back-to-back.) I may redo those with dashware and the data from the AiM.

Matthew Ryan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:51 pm

Thanks for posting, what car is this?

Here's one lap we did sunday after moving to yellow group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBS9mQUiqRk

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:24 pm

You guys suck. I had to leave early Saturday morning as I came down with the Flu. Spent the next 7 days in the house sick while my Mustang sat in my shop all loaded and ready for the track.

RickyBeam · **Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:59 pm

Vincent Keene wrote:

You guys suck. I had to leave early Saturday morning...

That's ok. You would not have liked the weekend anyway. It was cold, and almost rained! :-)

If it's any consolation, Trackdaze is open track on full Monday and Tuesday. Just tell the boss it's doctor's orders.

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:18 am

RickyBeam wrote:

From a company world renowned for GPS technology, the Garmin VIRB is horrible. (the car cannot go 110mph; that's beyond rev limit) And their software (written in C#) is even worse. (it's gluing red and blue together as the sessions were back-to-back.) I may redo those with dashware and the data from the AiM.

Which Virb is this from Ricky? - AB

RickyBeam · **Posted:** Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:19 pm

Aaron Buckley wrote:

Which Virb is this from Ricky? - AB

VIRB X, as I recall. It appears to have two systems glued together... video is handled independent of telemetry -- one video "session" is not one GPS session, and the software will not split them.

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:40 pm

RickyBeam wrote:

VIRB X, as I recall. It appears to have two systems glued together... video is handled independent of telemetry -- one video "session" is not one GPS session, and the software will not split them.

You do recognize that only has a 1hz internal GPS, right? That isn't good for anything on track IMHO. I bought the Virb Ultra 30. 10hz built in GPS. I left the image stabilization on for this video set from this past weekend, so it comes off as a wobbly mount, but the speeds are dead accurate to the OBDII feed into the unit too. I've learned that the image stabilization off is the way to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOW-hZI ... e=youtu.be

- AB

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:56 pm

Aaron Buckley wrote:

RickyBeam wrote:

VIRB X, as I recall. It appears to have two systems glued together... video is handled independent of telemetry -- one video "session" is not one GPS session, and the software will not split them.

You do recognize that only has a 1hz internal GPS, right? That isn't good for anything on track IMHO. I bought the Virb Ultra 30. 10hz built in GPS. I left the image stabilization on for this video set from this past weekend, so it comes off as a wobbly mount, but the speeds are dead accurate to the OBDII feed into the unit too. I've learned that the image stabilization off is the way to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOW-hZI ... e=youtu.be

- AB

Why does max throttle show as 92%? Competitor slip a small block under your pedal?

RickyBeam · **Posted:** Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:14 pm

Aaron Buckley wrote:

You do recognize that only has a 1hz internal GPS, right?

Indeed I do. And even on a sunny day at VIR, it was losing it's GPS lock.

I'll stick to my AiM Solo. The VIRB is a good camera, and easily handled in driving gloves, but it's telemetry (which is it's entire purpose for being) is poor.

(The Ultra 30 is their GoPro knock-off)

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:17 pm

Chuck Branscomb wrote:

Why does max throttle show as 92%? Competitor slip a small block under your pedal?

That's what is received from the ECU. I am betting that Garmin software has a way of recalibrating the feed after fact. I am going to call their customer support to see if it is feasible. - AB

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:29 pm

RickyBeam wrote:

(The Ultra 30 is their GoPro knock-off)

I'd say it's a GoPro improvement. The form factor I think is a knock off, but they have so much more inside the box. High refresh GPS, accelerometer, altimeter, etc. already in the box, with Bluetooth connectivity to pull in OBDII feed into the video and overlay the data automatically. GoPro is probably working feverishly to reverse engineer from the Ultra-30 now. - AB

TonyFaubus · **Joined:** Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:20 am **Posts:** 25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm7FOAEmpIE

Yellow group Sunday

brettmcwhorter · **Posted:** Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:44 am

Tony, it was good seeing you briefly. Are you going to the NASA VIR event next week?

Matthew Ryan · **Posted:** Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:31 pm

he's not

I'll have the mini there, running in yellow group

brettmcwhorter · **Posted:** Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:14 pm

See you there Matthew :thumbsup:

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