Practicing at night - anyone use lights on the kart?

Steve Moody · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:16 am Post subject:

Our club runs a night race once a year, and while from the pits it seems that there are too many dark areas, when you're out there and running it doesn't seem too dark at all. That said, I might feel differently if I didn't have seat time on that track in the daylight first, so I'd suggest a daytime session or 2 before going in the dark.

John Matthews · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:38 pm Post subject:

If the track allows practicing at night they will have lights. Imagine if you will, a track without lights and people practicing with headlights on their karts. The first one to spin blinds oncoming traffic. Boom!!!!

Go to the track and look up. If there are lights you can practice at night.

And Cesar, at this point many of us would love if you'll invite an ekarting member to come out with you on your first day out with your new kart. Video would be cool too Very Happy

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Tom Jensen · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:29 pm Post subject:

Que the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTRz08sIY3E
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Jeff DeMello · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:36 pm Post subject:

Yea Tom that's what he needs to see Evil or Very Mad

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Michael Taksa · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:11 am Post subject:

I was going to post a link to kartvader yesterday, but I don't want to be the one to give Cesar any ideas:)

Dan Haynes · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:53 am Post subject:

That's a good way to get killed...not to mention giving the rest of the karting community a bad name.
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Tom Jensen · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject:

Thomas Weiss · Joined: 21 Jun 2012 Posts: 12

As I see it, the only real way to to kart racing at night is if the entire track has floods. (like singapore F1)

Nathan Adair · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject:

Thom Andresen · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject:

Chris Hurst · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:36 am Post subject:

Thom Andresen · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:48 am Post subject:

Actually, they are thermal video cameras, those are just some frames taken out of the NTSC 30fps video stream.

So yeah, would be neat to make a thermal kart video.....
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Chris Hurst · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:53 pm Post subject:

Thom Andresen · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject:

There are custom lens made for Go-Pro video cameras that are made out of Germanium to pass High IR wavelengths so that you can film in the pitch dark at night:

http://ragecams.com/shop/gopro-modified-lens-1080p-camera-capable-p-316.html?osCsid=4ceac45bbba32a231b1b13af29cb8aab
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Johnny Brooks · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:17 pm Post subject: