Bedford 18th Feb - great day - any video?

[fatboy21]

Hi to all who went to Bedford with Easytrack on Saturday. I had a great time although I found it a bit crowded - a bit too much traffic. Not sure if anyone else found the same.

Ive heard a lot of PHers talking about the R26 but never seen one in action. There were two today that went very well.

Report back on my deal of the century Nokian tyres which im sorry to say were seriously lacking in feedback on the road and felt sloppy on the dry morning track - BUT they really came alive in the wet. What a bargain at £80 for a rear (normally £250+ each) or £300+ for Pirellis.

So any good video or pictures?

Edited by fatboy21 on Sunday 19th February 10:03

[fatboy21]

Beaniemoo said:

Myself my brother and a friend were up there yesterday and had a whale of a time in the old grey Citroen xsara. Which car were you in? Also in our group was one of the red mx5's and a Very orange clio. A good day was had by all and the rain didn't ruin things it made them more fun which was good.

The orange clio had a camera on the rollcage so I'll ask if he fancies putting the videos on YouTube and I'll post links.

I was in a black R8.

Oh yeah I remember your cars. I think there were two red MX5s. One had a very witty license plate holder "no hairdressing tools left overnight in this vehicle" - was that you lot? You were all going well.

Would be good to see any video just for the conditions down that back straight.

[fatboy21]

Nimburs said:

I was spectating (at the first corner) got shots of most cars and loads of your r8 which was certainly going well and sounded great.

I will upload them when photobucket gets a move on.

Awesome. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing them.

[fatboy21]

Thanks Nimburs.

[fatboy21]

GlowRed said:

Here is a video of the track day taken from a Ferrari California.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTJt9uBwrGY&sns...

Hope you enjoy it

Hey,

Nice vid. And cool edit. Shame about the sports mode.

By any chance do you have some other footage including my car (black R8)?

On another note, I'm thinking of splashing out on some equipment to video. I have a mini lip video hd camera in the office which i can put on a clamp for just video or use an iPhone to marry up with Harry's Laptimer App which does similar to what you showed on your vid. But I thi it could be a bit of a faff and not work properly.

Your vid looked very solid and professional. Can you tell me what your set up is.

Ps. I prefer the view out of the windscreen out of the three you showed. Since you have the data overplayed, you don't need to see the car inside. My two pennies anyway.

Edited by fatboy21 on Monday 27th February 01:29

[fatboy21]

GlowRed said:

Not using Sports mode was a pain but it registered 126dB in the static test

Unfortunately no footage of your car.

I used my iPhone with the 'Action Cam' app for my first video. The iPhone was connected to the screen using a suction cup. The only problem was the data was not that reliable and you can only record for 10 mins at a time. I was a passenger so was able to ensure the videos were managed OK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HJEdGfbzI

The video taken on the 18th Feb was taken using a Contour+. This has a GPS receiver built into it that runs a 4Hz (it takes a reading 4 times a second). The camera was mounted on a suction cup and set up using the free iPhone app. There is also the Contour GPS that will record GPS data at 2Hz. People also use the GoPro cameras but I like the fact that you get the GPS data and you can also rotate the lens on the Contours, which you cannot on the GoPro.

I used Dashware software that allows you to import the video and GPS data. You then choose your dials and then export the video. I then used Camtasia to put the video together but you could virtually any video editing software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTJt9uBwrGY

Thanks. Can you tell me more about the Contour+

How do you get an iPhone app onto it?

The app Harry's laptimer does ever other lap. It looks good. The issue I had is fixing it in the car. The rules say the camera must be fixed and not a suction cup. I got black flagged Saturday for a passenger hand holding a camera. If suction cup is allowed that solves everything. I have an old TomTom one with is so strong the plastic would break before the suction does!