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YOUR RESEARCHiPhone gets car performance stats
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mounting the iphone
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The only issue is with mounting the iphone to a surface in the Cayman.
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One of the less serious ones I love is the iPint app where your iPhone seems to fill with beer and you can pretend to drink it and the beer drains away.
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I have installed the Dynolicious program on my iPhone, but every time I try to run the Calibration, it just seems to freeze up.
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I purchased a plastic cover for the iPhone and then used Velcro to attach the phone.
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One of the less serious ones I love is the iPint app where your iPhone seems to fill with beer and you can pretend to drink it and the beer drains away.
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One of the less serious ones I love is the iPint app where your iPhone seems to fill with beer and you can pretend to drink it and the beer drains away.
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Just saw this post where the app uses the accelerometer in the iPhone to extrapolate performance numbers for the car. I'm sure it isn't nearly that accurate, but it looks like a blast. I'm going to give it a try this weekend and report back.
Think You're Fast? Prove It With Your iPhone, Punk | Autopia from Wired.com
Cool!
Not cause I advocate speeding, but because this is a nice toy to add to my ipod fun in the car. For 13 dollars I can have fun for an hour. Its like going to a movie.
Then compare to my friends' cars.
It uses the accelerometer for lots of different things within the phone.
when taking a picture, irregardless of which way you hold the phone, it knows which way is up so your pictures always come out "right side up".
When viewing webpages you can turn the phone so that you you get a wider view of the page you are looking at.
When using the iPod feature you can turn the phone on the side to get the "coverflow" view which shows all your different album covers that you can then flick through with your finger.
the simple calculator turns into a scientific one when you turn the phone on the side.
And much more. The new third party apps have really made some excellent use of the accelerometers in the iPhone. One of the less serious ones I love is the iPint app where your iPhone seems to fill with beer and you can pretend to drink it and the beer drains away. It really is cool. :beer:
i get how it measures G force, but how does it measure MPH etc
as accelerometer measures instaneous acceleration (Ie movement in relation to itslef)
as far as I know it doesnt measure distance....
velocity = previous velocity + acceleration * time
The iPhone can measure the time and acceleration and compute the velocity. The question is how accurate is the acceleration measurement, we can assume the time is fairly accurate.
- Dan
There are some actual test reviews on dragtimes. Times are conservative when compared to a Gtec but maybe laden weight and drivetrain losses could have been bad estimates.
Anyone Calibrate theirs?
I have installed the Dynolicious program on my iPhone, but every time I try to run the Calibration, it just seems to freeze up. Anyone else having this issue?
I'm planning on seeing what the skid pad mode records at the track this week-end.
These apps look great!! How is everyone mounting their iPhone for this type of use? I can image it would not be good to just leave it in the center console because it will be jostled around quite a bit, possibly affecting the readings. Suction cup mount? Wrap it in a small towel and put in center console?
I tested it a little bit today. The skid pad part is interesting, but I'm not sure what good the information is. Plus, it changes when you pick the device up.
I tried the other part too, but set it up wrong and only had one chance to try it. I'll do more tomorrow.
I have a rubberized shell on mine that holds it steady on almost any surface. It didn't move at all in my tests.
Thanks smounic. I saw a friend's rubberized shell on his iPhone today, it looks like it is pretty grippy (sort of like oxo goodgrips stuff) and would keep the phone planted fairly well.
KS-CS, thanks for the heads up on the upcoming Ram Mount. I'll have to watch for it in September.
This looks like a great little app, I'm going to try it out.
For I-Phone users.
Some of you I-Phone users may already know about this, but a friend of mine that uses an I-Phone just showed me a very cool feature. It is call Dyno something (Feature that can be down loaded from the I store for about $5). This is an accelerometer and G meter. It can calculate 0 to 60 times as well as how many Gs you are pulling. I had no interest in getting an I-Phone but this feature may change my mind.
Does anyone have this feature on their phone and has used it? Does it work well?
I have it on my iPhone 3G, it's called Dynolicious.
Havent used it yet, but mainly bc I don't know where to put it in the car to get a reading. youre supposed to put it in a cupholder so it stays relatively stable, but clearly that's not the case in the cayman; it just falls right through
It works very well. The only issue is with mounting the iphone to a surface in the Cayman. I purchased a plastic cover for the iPhone and then used Velcro to attach the phone.
There a several different apps now that claim to do similar things. Does anyone know if any of them record the accelerometer data? One claims to record the performance data so you can email it, but if it is just the summary results (0-60 qtr mile, max g) it would be neat but not useful. If I could playback recorded data and compare runs (even if I had to send it to my computer first) that would be something.
Anyone know what gets recorded?
Dynolicious Perfomance Meter for iPhone/iPod
I found this on-line and thought it may be of some interest. Disclaimer: I have no associations with this company or it's products.
Dynolicious - Auto Performance Meter for iPhone and iPod
iPhone App Puts A Dyno In Your Pocket | NextAutos.com and Winding Road
One of my buddies tried this in his mustang. It gets pretty close. You have to make sure the iphone/Ipod is completely secure, any movement will throw the reading off. It is pretty cool
wtlm . . .
As they liked to say on another car forum I used to frequent (welcome to last month).
There have already been a couple of previous threads merged on the topic:
http://www.planet-9.com/general-off-topic/25576-iphone-gets-car-performance-stats.html
Still waiting on my iPhone mount so that I can put it to use.
Rev
A new iPhone app that promises to read OBD metrics with the paid version of the product when it is launched. No oil pressure reading however. There is a free light version available that advertises: "
Lateral and Forward Acceleration: Graph your cornering, braking and acceleration G-forces. (Available in Rev Lite)
GPS Track: Visual track displays your location and acceleration data - see how you are braking and accelerating around corners."
The complete version is also supposed to allow "Engine Code Retrieve and Reset" according to their web page.
The ability to link directly to the OBD port would make that app very cool.
I just downloaded
TrackDay
, which looks pretty similar to Dynolicious. Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to test it out yet since I'm still waiting on my Ram-Mount.
