>>>>Assumptions: You are talking in a straight line. Line of sight is unobstructed.
Line of sight=yes, at least for 1 mile.
Line of sight is unobstructed=not necessarily, in the case of the longer distances.
Let's also assume as measured on B. Salt Flats for an LSR event.
>>>>What are your goals? what are you trying to accomplish?
My goals??? I guess my goal, at least for this posting, is to find out how various distances are measured
and marked, out on the salt, prior to an LSR event. Especially the distance that'll ultimately be used to calculate
an average speed.
The AMA, FIM, etc.......what level of accuracy do they spell out?
Is it spelled out in feet and inches.....or is it as a percentage of something?
I find it an interesting mental exercise to realize for instance, that the timers start at POINT A, and timers stop
at POINT B. A to B is laid out so that it is a straight line 1 mile in length 'tween A and B. But no
vehicle ever made will travel that AB line in a perfectly straight line. There hasta be a certain degree of "meander"
to the actual vehicle path. So the vehicle actually travels more than 1 mile during a timed run.
I'm thinking that the calculations assume it's exactly 1 mile tween A and B.
I think that the measurement of "time", on the salt, is more accurate than the measurement of "distance".
But that doesn't detract from my enjoyment of any LSR event I've ever watched.
Thanks, folks.......
FjLee Denver CO