vtjballeng Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Flagtronics is introducing a revolution in race flagging. Our Race Flagging system is an inexpensive in-car, track wide wireless flagging system for racing series small to large. The Flagtronics Race Flagging system is intended to increase safety, save lives and increase race awareness both inside and outside the vehicle. With rapid in car notification of changing course and sector conditions, safety officials ensure drivers have been notified of hazards on course. See more at our website, www.flagtronics.com . Flagtronics will be testing with ChampCar with increasing frequency in 2019 leading up to formal beta hardware. Once release and tested, Production hardware is expected for the 2019/2020 season. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macheesy Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, vtjballeng said: revolution in race flagging Used once, not an overstatement. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee mcoppola Posted December 17, 2018 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) Pretty awesome! It will be cool for Champcar to be one of the first series using this system. Edited December 17, 2018 by mcoppola 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmabarone Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bill Strong Posted December 17, 2018 Administrators Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 I love it! In fact. I may still have one!! Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Any chance you will be @ Sebring in a couple of weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zauskycop Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Bavarian Mustache Werks used it at VIR and after some initial teething pains on Saturday, it was just OUTSTANDING on Sunday. I particularly liked it for when the green flags came out again. I'm not so sure about "sector" awareness...we will see if that will come about, but it was fantastic for full course yellows and reds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDChristianson Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 It sounds cool. The info says low cost several times. What does low cost mean? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoparBoyy Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 I see a HUGE downfall though.. How am i supposed to get the jump on everyone during race restarts?!? 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wittenauer Racing Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Interested to see where this goes. It looks like a neat system, but I'm worried that there's so much function rolled in (GPS, CAN, data streaming, etc) that it's going to have a hard time meeting what most of us would consider "cheap" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 We used a prototype system at Charlotte earlier in the year and it was fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEE DEE Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 A friend of mine developed a yellow flag warning system for dirt track racing over 20 yrs ago. Glad to see sports cars may get it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) If these will be at Sebring we'd love to test them out in either or both cars. Edited December 17, 2018 by Snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators E. Tyler Pedersen Posted December 17, 2018 Administrators Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Did some tested at Nelson's for the system. We enjoyed it and worked well. Did give my feedback to James and looking forward to the finishing product. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Chris Huggins Posted December 17, 2018 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 I really respect your technical talent and gumption to bring something like this to market James. This is a nifty piece of kit for sure, and you and your team are definitely in a league of your own for electronic talent and execution. Before I say this, I am sorry I can't be so quick to jump onto the bandwagon. Pros: Notification when flaggers are out of field of view Notification when driver may miss a flag Cons: Cost Reliability Complexity I just really hope this doesn't become "one more thing" we are required to buy. I don't see these replacing flaggers in the future, so it is just one more thing to "go wrong". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoparBoyy Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, Huggy said: I just really hope this doesn't become "one more thing" we are required to buy. I don't see these replacing flaggers in the future, so it is just one more thing to "go wrong". this can never replace flaggers, ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDChristianson Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Facebook says $99 a car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindspin311 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) What a great example of situational awareness by the driver at VIR in the video Was definitely an awesome system, was glad I got to experience it over the summer. Edited December 18, 2018 by mindspin311 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 1 hour ago, JDChristianson said: Facebook says $99 a car. Great price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDChristianson Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 17 minutes ago, Team Infiniti said: Great price! Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eman911 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Not interested. Got enough new mandates that require an annual commitment of funds and planned obsolescence. This is BUDGET racing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvumtnbkr Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 I got some time in Tyler's car with this system at Nelson ledges. It was awesome! I can't wait for this to be used in champcar. It was amazing. It actually seemed to go to be true when Tyler explained what it did. It did it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, JDChristianson said: Maybe. Try one, Your mind might change Don’t need it but you will want it. Didn’t realize they were so far ahead, glad to see it near market. Edited December 18, 2018 by Team Infiniti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDChristianson Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 9 hours ago, Team Infiniti said: Try one, Your mind might change Don’t need it but you will want it. Didn’t realize they were so far ahead, glad to see it near market. I said maybe. I don't really want to spend 100 bucks for something to tell me when there is a full course yellow. I still have to watch the flag stands, right? Help me out with something more than "it was so wonderful that I danced in the streets" Does it tell me about local yellows, standing local yellows, waving local yellow, ev on track. Does it go back to green after I've passed the incident. Who pushes the button, the corner worker? race control? After the flag is waving and it gets called in? I saw some video with it in a car, I guess it was ok once you've trained yourself to look at it all the time. If it stays optional and not something that every team has to buy, I'm all for it. Our team could even end up with one, who knows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 I asked the same questions in person when we tried one out, Yes, there is a human factor, but was satisfied with the answers given after seeing its potential. It would only be logical, the more sold, the better they will get at accuracy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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