What I have found that works is to adjust the ending speed of your run until
the map looks something like the course. I have never gotten the map to
look exactly like the course, but by adjusting the end speed I can at least
make the map be in the same basic shape as the course.
My understanding is that making the adjustments for the map don't affect
your ratings (usage, smoothness, etc.).
I would check with Byron about your calibration string, particularly the
number 149. I had a lot of problems getting my cube to calibrate with my
Palm Pilot and spent quite a bit of time on the phone with Byron getting it
sorted out. Thanks Byron! As I recall he said that the numbers in the
string should be 1 or 2 digit, not 3 digit.
Steve Hudson
----- Original Message -----
From: R. John Lye <rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu>
To: <geez@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:39 AM
Subject: How much adjustment is normal?
> Hi all,
> I feel kinda stupid asking this, but I'm getting a bit
> frustrated right now. Anyway, how much adjustment should
> one have to make to get the map to make sense? I've never
> yet been able to get a map that looks anything like the
> course. I had thought that it was a calibration problem
> last year, but I recently downloaded the new version which
> makes calibration a lot easier and I now have calibration
> numbers that make sense. At the VMSC event yesterday, the
> course was basically figure eight shaped, but my maps and
> those of my co-driver came out looking "L" shaped (this is
> a total of eight runs - all of them looked like this). In
> addition, the speeds were completely unrealistic - like
> seeing 99 mph at several spots on course. If I had actually
> been going that fast, I suspect that I'd have caught Dick
> R.! Also, the speeds were still quite high at the ends of
> the runs when we should have been at rest.
> Is this still an operator error or something that I
> have got set wrong? Any ideas? For reference, this is
> a Triumph TR-4 that is currently running in A/P. My current
> calibration string is 1A64A77A149B91 and my preferences are
> set to: roll %g = 2.7, pitch %g = 1.7, Autostart g = 0.40,
> Austostop g = 0.10, Autostop duration = 4, Minimum run = 35
>
> Thanks for any help that anyone can offer,
>
> John Lye
> rjl6n@Virginia.edu
>
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