I am looking for a consistent and accurate way to determine my elapsed time in testing trials.
What should I look for?

i have heard a lot of good things about G-tech pro's * * *i have yet to try one, but a lot of people at the race's swear by em

I have heard some good old boys use the beer bottle test. Take a full bottle of beer opened, place between your legs.
run a quarter mile, if all the beer is gone you have a fast sled.
If not drink whatever is left and repeat test untill you feel you are fast enough!!!!

1000 imp, do you know how to get a hold of G-tech?

BG, lol, definately gonna have to give that a try.
hope i am slow!! http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

We are developing a wireless timing system that is accurate, wireless and easy to set up. *You can have it ready as fast as you can measure the distance because there is only 1 'stake' at each line, instead of aligning pairs of photo eyes. *It is capable of split times, also - such as 60'. *The price should be less than $200.
They should be available before the water freezes.

what company is designing this Aerotax? * * *i would really like to get a hold of one of those timing systems, * *a lot of the times now i am looking for less than a tenth of a second now so testing against other sleds is not accurate enough and its too hard on engines * * so when you get all the bugs worked out and its ready make sure you send me an e-mail

and as for the where to get the G-tech pro, i am not too sure, i saw a few commercails for it on the Speed Channel. * *just look for it on one of the search engines

1000imp, what is you e-mail address? *Mine is aerotax@yahoo.com
A friend of mine and I are building it - electrical/software engineers. *It will be very accurate with the highest quality. *I can say this because we are not designing this to sell to everyone and make money. *We are designing it for me! *I want an acurate, inexpensive, wireless and easy to set up portable timing system. *No one out there combines all these - especially the inexpensive part. *Even if no one else out there wants one, I am building some for me, my dad, my brother, and friend.

On most systems, the "stakes" or "tripods" (or whatever are at the start/60/finish lines) are expensive, so if someone were to hit them you are out alot of cash. *Our design uses less expensive stakes. *Also, there are no wires for someone to run over.

I am thinking about having a speed trap feature on it. *It would require a 4th "line" -- start, 60', finish minus 10', finish -- but who cares 'cause they are cheap. *Basically it would do the math for you, converting how many seconds it took you to go the last 10 feet into miles per hour.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (AeRotax @ Sep. 18, 2002, 3:06pm)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">1000imp, what is you e-mail address? *Mine is aerotax@yahoo.com
A friend of mine and I are building it - electrical/software engineers. *It will be very accurate with the highest quality. *I can say this because we are not designing this to sell to everyone and make money. *We are designing it for me! *I want an acurate, inexpensive, wireless and easy to set up portable timing system. *No one out there combines all these - especially the inexpensive part. *Even if no one else out there wants one, I am building some for me, my dad, my brother, and friend.

On most systems, the "stakes" or "tripods" (or whatever are at the start/60/finish lines) are expensive, so if someone were to hit them you are out alot of cash. *Our design uses less expensive stakes. *Also, there are no wires for someone to run over.

I am thinking about having a speed trap feature on it. *It would require a 4th "line" -- start, 60&#39;, finish minus 10&#39;, finish -- but who cares &#39;cause they are cheap. *Basically it would do the math for you, converting how many seconds it took you to go the last 10 feet into miles per hour.[/b][/quote]
We need one also.

I am very interested in your timing system.
Please keep me posted.
Thanks

I am also interested.Let me know when they are ready. * * rvandusen@webtv.net

hey I&#39;m in too, here is my email yamaha@rogers.com

hauler, RR,
I am keeping a list of anyone who is interested. *I will also post when they are ready.

Well it looks like we will have no timers ready to sell by Halloween. We have decided to use a different chip that is higher quality, so that is going to take a little more time.
Also, my partner has had a family crisis that has left him unable to work on the unit last week and won&#39;t be able to this week either. This has put him behind on all of his projects - a voice activated universal remote, breathalizer, etc. - and to be honest the timer isn&#39;t at the top of the to-do list since snow won&#39;t fly for awhile yet.
They ARE coming though. I will keep you posted.

AeRotax... Put me on the list, too!! I&#39;m interested in what you come up with. We&#39;ve been shopping a little lately and your idea sounds like a good one.