Hi
if I start by explaining what we do, what we want to achieve, and why, hopefully it will help you clever bods come up with ideas of how to do.
What We Do
We race powerboats on lakes.
Each race lasts for 7 laps of the circuit. Lap times about 1 minute.
We get a 2 minute light to start of race.
After 2 mins the race is delared as started and the first boat can cross the start/finish line.
This start is usually a flying start with boats crossing the start line at upto 120mph.
The Race's are handicap races with faster boats starting at set times (handicap time) after race start.
What We Are Trying To Achieve
We need to set up a camcorder across the start/finish line.
We need on screen timing to 1/100th of a second.
We need to syncronise the timing to an external trigger. (switch or PC output)
Why
1. At the moment, we have no acurate way of checking whether a boat jumps their start time or not. A thumb on a stopwatch is not very accurate when timing boats at 120mph!
2. In the event of a "dead heat" finish, it is the opinion of the chaps on the stopwatches, who won!
Video recording with on screen timing and fast shutter speed would solve our problems.
Any ideas how we can do this??
Kev
www.hensonracing.com