iris123 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 A Russian wants to do away with tapes and use lasers to start a race.He is looking for help to get this off the ground.A piece with a little video clip of how it should work http://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/580748/ujawniamy-rewolucyjny-pomysl-dotyczacy-maszyny-startowej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 A Russian wants to do away with tapes and use lasers to start a race.He is looking for help to get this off the ground.A piece with a little video clip of how it should work http://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/580748/ujawniamy-rewolucyjny-pomysl-dotyczacy-maszyny-startowej Absolutely love it, great idea. Laser technology now is pretty cheap too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Would solve one of the problems which can make speedway look very amateurish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniew Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 It would pay for itself in the first season with the cost of broken tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Would solve one of the problems which can make speedway look very amateurish. Can the BSPA be replaced with lasers too? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Absolutely love it, great idea. Laser technology now is pretty cheap too Any tracks close to airports or on flight paths might need to be extra careful!!!!! Edited February 20, 2016 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Any tracks close to airports or on flight paths might need to be extra careful!!!!! As long as the planes keep to an altitude of more than a few feet above track level the sport should be okay. If the plane's low enough to be affected by a horizontal laser beamed a couple of feet off the ground then I think there would be other more pressing problems to worry about 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGT Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Can they use industrial power lazers that will chop off the front wheels of any riders rolling at the start? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScotsman Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Interesting idea. Next stop, make all the start grids level/same depth/no ruts/same level of moisture/etc. Then get rid of start marshals. Replace them with a holographic count down clock in front of the lasers - any rider not ready by zero is out and demonstrated by a big puff of smoke enveloping that rider. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Can they use industrial power lazers that will chop off the front wheels of any riders rolling at the start? They should have two lasers one in place of the tapes, with the power to set light to the front tyre or melt the front wheel and one just behind the a#se of the riders to stop them moving or rolling backwards. Edited February 20, 2016 by A ORLOV 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Can they use industrial power lazers that will chop off the front wheels of any riders rolling at the start? I think in Russia that is probably what will happen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I think in Russia that is probably what will happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Like the idea of lasers at the tapes and behind the rear wheel, but would a laser be visible to riders and fans on a sunny Summer afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I think in Russia that is probably what will happen You on the Koskenkorva again last night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 You on the Koskenkorva again last night? Grant's and Fosters. Needed to calm down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Grant's and Fosters. Needed to calm down. What happened?Was at ice racing or something to do with your new track?Or just couldn't get the sauna working? You could get a set of lasers installed for the new track.Not far from Russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 What happened?Was at ice racing or something to do with your new track?Or just couldn't get the sauna working? You could get a set of lasers installed for the new track.Not far from Russia Speedway conference, fixture planning and people threatening with the traditional "I quit" speech... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damosuzuki Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Sounds a good idea to me. Especially after our tapes farrago last season. *Sarjent would still be accused by of jumping at the speed of light, travelling back in time or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Sounds a good idea to me. Especially after our tapes farrago last season. *Sarjent would still be accused by of jumping at the speed of light, travelling back in time or something. It would never get off the ground. Thankfully for Sarjent and Garrity.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbuck Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Seems to be the germ of an excellent idea - but would it prevent riders from trying it on and rolling in the same way that too many of them already do? If the laser beam somehow stops any movement until it is switched off, then I'd say bring it on. Alternatively, the starting gate could be replaced with greyhound-style starting traps made of steel and opening forward and upwards away from the riders' front wheels. They couldn't be broken and any rider trying to roll wouldn't stretch them like they stretch the tapes and would then disadvantage themselves by having to pull their bikes backwards. Might sound a fanciful idea but when thought about a bit more perhaps it isn't as daft as it first seems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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