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Anyone tried this app for ipods and i phones?

http://www.dynolicious.com/features.php

Iv read up on it and they say its within a hundredth of a second accurate.
Iv always hated i pods but im considering buying the lowest spec touch just for this program,
I have been looking at the specialty built units and they are all more expensive then doing this.

lol.

ahaha. I can see ricers talking about there results at maccas bro. The pod filter works!!

read the forum they have, doesnt sound accurate much at all

my mate had this on his iphone played around with it when he had his vl turbo. Not bad for shits and giggles speedo seemed more accurate then the one in his dash i think we measured some 1/4 times to 13s and 14s. But i wouldn't be putting there results in ya sig

Lol I gotta love how the sensors for harddrive shock protection in a device are being used for other things. It just reads the g-forces applied to the phone/ipod

But drop it while its running and you'll prolly loose all ya data on it and it will not work anymore

Frost wrote:Lol I gotta love how the sensors for harddrive shock protection in a device are being used for other things. It just reads the g-forces applied to the phone/ipod

But drop it while its running and you'll prolly loose all ya data on it and it will not work anymore

That is not how it works. The HDD protection ones are separate.

Apple uses an LIS302DL accelerometer in the iPhone, iPod Touch and the 4th generation iPod Nano allowing the device to know when it is tilted on its side. Third-party developers have expanded its use with fanciful applications

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerometer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-DFbJQbeSY

seems pretty accurate to them

Yeah. Tried this with a mates iPhone. Reckons my stock standard BA XR6T can run 12's.

Enough said.

Oh and im not interested in the hp calculator with this program,
Just the timing.
I think it looks pretty good for home timing, Its not going to be perfect but it seems to work pretty well (by the looks of it)

Okay so you go buy it then if you want it, then come back and tell us your 'Monts a low 13 sec machine.

Yeah, I wouldn't bother. I had a similar app on my Nokia N73 that used GPS instead, and according to that my car ran a 13.2 quarter! They are all rubbish.

for $13 bucks it cant hurt to try it, even if its off by a little bit

Okay so you go buy it then if you want it, then come back and tell us your 'Monts a low 13 sec machine.

Dont have to be all bitchy about it man,
Was just asking a question.

for $13 bucks it cant hurt to try it, even if its off by a little bit

Yeah i might give it a shot.
I wouldnt be expecting a dead on accurate but it should be a rough idea,
My mate has it and he tried it in his dads ba turbo and it said high 13s,
Which sounds about right.

TUFED6 wrote:Yeah. Tried this with a mates iPhone. Reckons my stock standard BA XR6T can run 12's.

Enough said.

Second that!!

Why do people ask for advice then ignore it anyway?

If its 2 seconds out on TUFED6's car then its not even nearly accurate.

Its not $13 for this guy either, he says in the first post he wants to buy an ipod touch just for this program.

When did i ignore the advice?

When those inaccurate times were taken was it calibrated correctly?
Only asking as i have seen results that have been highly accurate too, its confusing.

I would imagine that the accuracy is affected by a few things.

I would think that manual cars would be much more inaccurate than autos, as the 'bang' on each shift would probably mess up the reading.

Also, if you get your mate in the passenger seat to hold it in his hand while you do the run, it would bugger it up because holding it would dampen or accentuate some of the G-forces.

Best way would be to screw it to the dash of an auto car, go to a drag strip and run some times to see.

I personally think it's a big waste of money.

Yeah i have been reading more things about it and to get an accurate result it has to be firmly attached to the car.

Would a hard launch effect its time too?

Its all just confusing me more lol
Cheers for the responses.

Rollin wrote:I would imagine that the accuracy is affected by a few things.

I would think that manual cars would be much more inaccurate than autos, as the 'bang' on each shift would probably mess up the reading.

Also, if you get your mate in the passenger seat to hold it in his hand while you do the run, it would bugger it up because holding it would dampen or accentuate some of the G-forces.

Best way would be to screw it to the dash of an auto car, go to a drag strip and run some times to see.

I personally think it's a big waste of money.

Rollin and I have this thing called an interior light cover... it measures g's... just depends if you can get it on the rear parcel shelf.

just go to a quarter mile. seriously. it really works.

When I tried it out it was using a proper suction bracket on the front windscreen.

Its gay, and your gay if you use one.

Super gay, like boy band gay.

**** thats pretty gay

i dont think i will get an iphone now... i was going to get one at lunch (which is now)

**** the iphone

get a samsung F480...

Yeah Lank, the iPhone is nice for a fashion accessory. Everyone I know that has one bitches about it.

Ive got the g tech power meter, which is a dedicated version of this.
As long as the specifics such as weight of the car etc are all correct, and the sensors are accurate enough, the calibration is done, and the ipod is mounted and not able to change tilt etc, the reading should be fairly accurate.
that being said, the g tech costs about $400+, so im guessing its more accurate than an ipod.
The theory is sound and in common use internationally for tuning and testing.
ive used the g-tech on several cars and it reads accurate.
gear changes dont effect the accuracy, not sure why it would, the g force it records during a gear change is the g force which the car experiences.
The g tech is mounted on the front windscreen where there is minimal vibration interference from gears and driveline and has a calibration sequence for the sensors.
one easy way to test if the calibration is to measure a "flat 1/4 mile and do the run. It should indicate the end of the 1/4 mile at the same time as you physically get there.
If this is correct, the readings for power meter should be accurate, as the predicted 1/4 mile finish is the total of the calculations over the period.
as for RWHP, it depends on two things:
g force. which you check as above, and weight of vehicle with driver etc. which you can check at a truck weigh bridge.
Considering the accuracy of readings from some dyno tuners and the price they charge to use them, the G-tech is worth the money ten fold for tuning.

get the LG renoir

fuark no - LG Renoir is a shocking phone. I have several friends who wish they never got one

Bipolar wrote:Yeah Lank, the iPhone is nice for a fashion accessory. Everyone I know that has one bitches about it.

umm.. the only thing i dont like about the iphone is the camera, or well lack of camera. apart from that, i reckon it shits on other fones. i am keen on the samsung omnia also. :S

all smart phones are gay in the ass. if you want an Omnia check the F480 first . Camera isn't at good but still has 5mp

lol guys it uses a combination of things to get the reading, but mainly GPS

and as said, as long as its setup correctly its apparently more accurate than the G-tech...

and since when do ppl pay for Iphone applications?
jailbreak it, download shit for free and give it a go, who gives a ****?

ive got it on my iphone and i did a 18sec 1/4 mile in my stock EB lol
i dunno what they run from factory, and i proly didnt calibrate the program properly, but as said, its good for shits n giggles

more accurate than the g-tech is a claim they shouldnt be making, i cant see anywhere in the information which says it uses gps, and why would it when it doesnt need to. If it used gps it would be very inaccurate! (gps not only updates slowly but accuracy of position can fluctuate several meters.)
it uses exactly the same principles as the G-TECH, and considering it totally depends on the accuracy of the sensors used,.....supplied by the mobile (which ever is used) etc.... claiming to be more accurate than a G-Tech would depend totally on the mobile and not the software.
It should also be noted that G-Tech has tolerances which they stick by and have been tested many times.

If you have a read on the forum for this software, you will find that a lot of people have major problems with it and a lot of this is due to the equipment it is used on having sensors which are not accurate outside of specific positions.

lol ah well, was a while since i read up on it.

the gtech is good for shits n giggles too, neither can provide 100% accurate results, but at least one of them is free

well... i got an iphone about 1 1/2 hours ago... its been updated and jailbroken. haha..

your a homo

lol yeah i cracked mine as soon as i got home
theyre not the worlds best camera phone or whatever, but as far as phones go, theyre pretty fkn good
if you want a good camera, fkn buy one?

where did i mention he shouldn't buy one as a camera?

where did i mention that i was talking to you? lol
i just know that alot of ppl dont like the iphone cause of the picture quality

well it was straight after me. fair guess it was. ive never even seen a pic from an iphone