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July 26, 2007
Beacon Finder !!
No, this is not a remote control key-finder like device to help you find your beacon you might have left trackside - it's MUCH better than that!
Lap beacons are easy and affordable to replace, missing or erroneous lap times are not. Until now... Beacon Finder is a $10 shareware application written by a long time AiM customer named James Hakewill — and it's brilliant!
I think know you'll find it invaluable.
Beacon Finder is lap time reconstruction software that will correct almost any lap time problem within your data; multiple beacons, missing beacon hits, no beacon out, infrared receiver on the wrong side of the car, doubled up laps, and more. James' nifty little software app uses speed, distance, and lateral acceleration data from a single known good lap to accurately recreate otherwise missing or erroneous lap times.
If you've ever had even just one session where you did not receive lap times because your infrared lap receiver was on the wrong side of the car, or there was no beacon out, or whatever reason — download Beacon Finder now. Even if you've never had a problem, download it anyway because the first time you need it, the ability to recover your lost lap times on the spot is priceless. You can fix old data as well as any future lap time problems that may occur. The $10 shareware fee is a no-brainer.
The interface is friendly and the documentation is complete. Head over to James' site and get a copy. I personally will not go to the track again without this software.
Michael Jaynes
AiM Sports, LLC
Posted by Mike Jaynes at 12:57 AM | Comments (0)
July 25, 2007
New, Old MXL Firmware
MXL firmware version 14.83 is now available for download. For some reason, this version was completed in May but kept secret until now. The revisions are minor.
Posted by Mike Jaynes at 08:55 PM | Comments (0)
July 23, 2007
New Talent at AiM Sports SE
John "Trey" Shannon joined the forces here at AiM Sports today. Just recently graduated with a B.S. in Aerodynamic Engineering from Virginia Tech Trey is looking forward to all his new position at AiM Sports will entail. He has a long history in motorsports and still races karts on the local pavement series when time permits.
Welcome aboard Trey!
MyChron Mike
Posted by MyChron Mike at 04:35 PM
July 03, 2007
Happy 4th of July
I walked through a county courthouse square,
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down."
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."
I said, "Your flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it.
He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down.
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag."
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writing _Oh Say Can You See_.
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seams."
"And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on through.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag."
"On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp and low by the time it was through.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam."
"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land she's been abused --
She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused."
"And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more."
"So we raise her up every morning,
Take her down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground
And we fold her up right.
On second thought I DO like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag."
Thanks to Johnny Cash for the words and 3D Flags for animation.
Posted by MyChron Mike at 08:05 PM