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Old 03-06-2006, 09:56 PM
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The Driftbox. Cheaper version of V Box



I am sure you heard of the V BOX. It was used for the test of handling olympics in the lastest version of Wheels magazine.

Now you can "afford" one. www.driftbox.com

For £465.00 you can have this advanced product. It is a GPS and gyroscope in one I think.

It can do drifting data and ...

For trackie like me, it is a laptimer that ables me to do telemetry analysis

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DriftBox can use virtual gates to trigger the start and end of a lap. To set a start / finish line, you put the DriftBox into Set Lap Start, and drive past your desired point, and hit hit the OK button. It's that simple, from then on, every time you pass the start / finish line a new laptime appears on the screen, and is recorded onto the SD card.

6 Splits can be defined in a similar manner, and you can freeze corner exit speeds by using the Speed @Split function.

There is a 99 lap memory, with every lap and split recorded to the SD card for later analysis.

As usual with DriftBox there are a host of other features such as modes for slalom courses, a one-shot mode for Sprint circuits, different options for split times, and you can load and save all start / finish and split points to a file on the SD card
Only if I have $1200,.... goodbye . Where is my powerball ticket.

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Yeah I looked into these a few months back when I didnt realise Winton had timing transponders. Awesome concept, but Crickey! are they expensive.

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here is another that I just found. Some really neat features.

www.blacklinegps.com
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I'm gonna buy this and then buy a track later.
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Nice find Andrew - it is kind of hard to set up on the track though - inner and outer circle - it is certainly easier for the bikes.
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Originally Posted by takahashi
Someone told me never buy a first generation of anything but it is SOOOOOOOO temping
C'mon, taka - you bought an RX-8, didn't you?
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I just love the inner/outer track feature which then lets you do my favourite part, the racing line mapping. You can then break a track up into sectors and keep times through those sectors.

Unfortunately its like 8/900AUD! I have a $120 GPS unit....wonder what I can develop myself :-D
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You can do it with driftbox - and you don't need to map it out in the first instance.

Just go over the start/finish line slowly and press set. Then go around and it will map everything you go past.

So you can map your race line and pro driver race line - if you like and compare.

Driftbox is AUD$1200
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Where to get the pro driver race line from?
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Originally Posted by yiksing
Where to get the pro driver race line from?
The Stig! ;-)
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Originally Posted by takahashi
Then go around and it will map everything you go past.
Are you saying that it wil map the line taken?

I dont see anywhere that says the driftbox (or vbox) can map a track or line taken, can yuo point me to it?
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I'm taking bets on whether Taka will buy this or something similar within the next 3 months.

You know you want it Taka...

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Think of it as a gift for yourself, as a reward for the demonstration of virility and fertility
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Originally Posted by yiksing
Where to get the pro driver race line from?
The Stig??? No lar... I will get my track tutor Matty Coleman to drive and show him how "I" drive.
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I dont see anywhere that says the driftbox (or vbox) can map a track or line taken, can yuo point me to it?
Andrew http://www.driftbox.com/data.html
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I'm taking bets on whether Taka will buy this or something similar within the next 3 months.

You know you want it Taka...
Dave, you are a devil

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Think of it as a gift for yourself, as a reward for the demonstration of virility and fertility
ehh.... that was the red thing that I am going to install tomorrow. :shhh:
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OK lah...I stand corrected. Its embarrasing how simple it was to find. I really musnt have been looking.

However the features are different. The drift box is basically a single line representing your line, which you can overlay with 3 other lines to compare. The blackline product allows you to individually look at the angles and line you took through the course. Basically the difference is that you can put your line into perspective with the course, as opposed to in perspective with other laps.

my 2c worth

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my 2c too

Use your imagination.

In fact you can do the same as the other one and plot the outer and inner line as well. Look carefully at the plot in the link - they even plot the pit and the toilet run nearby
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I'd still rather have an umbrella girl with great big .......ah, you know the rest.
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Originally Posted by Revolver
I'd still rather have an umbrella girl with great big .......ah, you know the rest.
Ditto
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