Oulton Park 18th May

[ragezx14r]

Ok see you there wether in the Atom or not 

Darren

[ragezx14r]

BBC Weather states:-

07.00 Light Rain

10.00 Sunny Intervals

16.00 White Cloud

Looking good then 

Darren

[ragezx14r]

What a good day!

Weather was holding off until the start of the sighting laps when it started pouring down. Then showers on and off until lunch.

Held off all afternoon though and the track was dry by 2.30 until the end at 5.00.

Very twitchy in the wet, always felt on the edge of grip. Good fun though 

Met Hamed, unfortunately without his Atom. Nice to meet you mate. Have fun at Donnington 

There was also another Atom there. Black frame and panels, Atom 2 300 i believe but Tim the owner doesn't frequent forums.

Needless to say there was nothing that would get near my Atom.

I am in the process of editing a couple of laps filmed whilst the track was just about drying. The footage of later in the afternoon which was quicker is poor because of dirt on the camera. Blame goes to my co-pilot and brother-in-law who cleaned it often but with dry kitchen roll rather than wet  I'll see if i can salvage anything.

I'm off to book my next trackday 

Darren

[ragezx14r]

A couple of laps just as the track was drying



Darren

[ragezx14r]

A couple of laps later in the day, Mucky camera lens!



Darren

[johnnyboy]

Hi Darren,

Just watched the video well impressed, just make sure you keep it on the Black Stuff.


Regards

John

[ragezx14r]

[quote="johnnyboy"]
Hi Darren,

Just watched the video well impressed, just make sure you keep it on the Black Stuff.


Regards

John
[/quote]

Thanks John,

That was the aim. Druids was a nightmare until the very end of the day. So slippy!

Darren

[fb.george]

loved watching that. fabulous.
If I could work out how to add smileys I would add one!!

[Nicosan]

Hi Darren,
Great couple of videos.

That Duck clutch set up you have looks a brilliant mod to your Atom 

Full marks for being brave enough to tackle Oulton in the damp, in your Atom 

Whilst at some point I want to do a track day at Oulton , I need to get to know my Atom more before I dare venture on track.

Keep up the good work,

Nicosan

[PaulP]

Pulling 1.5 G in some of the corners, on a damp track.  That's impressive. You're a brave man.

[wasp]

Looks like a duck to water

Cheers,

Stu

[Richard Marler]

[quote="PaulP"]
Pulling 1.5 G in some of the corners, on a damp track.  That's impressive. You're a brave man.
[/quote]

I like the look of the Vbox kit, but I would take those G levels with a pinch of salt. Obviously I don't know what tyres Darren was using, but it seemed to register 1.5 or more on some corners, where it just didn't look to be pulling that type of load. I am also not sure if the G level is estimated based on GPS information or if the Vbox actually has accelerometers. All just imho.

[ragezx14r]

I was on A048R's. Not sure if it does have accelerometers 

Darren

[John Scherrer]

Both Vbox and Vbox Lite use GPS data for acceleration but they claim accuracy to +/- 0.5%

[Richard Marler]

[quote="John Scherrer"]
they claim accuracy to +/- 0.5%
[/quote]

Again just imho, but I would say from what we have seen that is tosh.