And don't forget the Curta Calcultor. We all had one. Pricey then and even
now.
Jim Lempe, Homer Alaska
A penny saved is a government oversite!
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From: Bob Kitterer <bkitterer@me.com>
To:
Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 7:50:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Looking for an Education - Indirect LBC content
Tim,
Back in the days before dirt, calculators, minicomputers and such a serious
U.S. ralley team would have two electric odometers, two or three stop watches
and a trusty slide rule.
The reason for the multiple watches is that one has
the time you took on the last section (along with one of the odometers), one
is ticking off the time on the current section(along with one of the
odometers) and if you had fixed delays then the third watch comes in to
play. For instance "Allow 5 minutes to cross the train tracks." When you
reached the train tracks you would stop the current time watch while at the
same time start the delay watch. Once across the tracks you would wait for
the delay time to lapse and restart the current time watch as you proceeded on
the route. The "correct avg speed" did not account for the delay time but the
overall time did.
Bob Kitterer - older than dirt
1960 Austin Healey Sprite
(Mk IV in disguise) - in storage
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) -
still in boxes - in storage
2000 Miata Special Edition - in storage
On Jan
25, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Tim Collins wrote:
> I'm looking for an education and I
know this is the place to get one!
>
> Today my copy of "Classic Motorsport"
came. I noticed a nice looking pair of Elysee mechanical stopwatches mounted
on a brushed aluminum plate advertised on page 109 ( or see:
http://www.classiccarseats.com/watches.php ). These are a rally clock set.
>
> I've never participated in a timed rally and only have a cursory knowledge
about the events. Timed events over a prescribed route in which the driving
team has to come as close as possible to an ideal time for the route. Points
subtracted for early / late arrivals. I understand why having a timepiece
would be handy for the team. Why two stopwatches? How do they get used along
the way to achieve the "perfect" time for the route?
>
> I have no interest
in Elysee time pieces. They are very nice looking, but at $495 a bit pricey
for me.
>
> So . . .educate me!
>
> Tim Collins
>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12702006@N07/
>
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