Whether you are running a turbo, a nitro burning fueler, or a stock machine, you need to know how to optimize your starting line technique. Rc drag racing christmas tree and speed trap hackaday. The first part is a drag racing christmas tree with 3 yellow lights, a green light, and a red light at the bottom. Portatree professional ultimate software version 351. Our software allows you to run your own personal computers. Products drag racing family software computers and software. Then hold the button down for the lane you are racing. Portatree drag race practice trees, full drag race track. Drag race software for the new millennium portatree has enhanced its windowsbased software package so that our customers can run a drag race quickly and comfortably with the ultimate in flexibility. You get the hand drawn drag racing christmas tree lights clip art image pictured above in4 high quality file formats contained in 1 zip file.
Family software owner and drag racer, bob kodadek, developed the very first drag racing practice tree, pc tree in 1985 for the commodore 64 computer and then in 1987 for the ibm pc and compatible computers. At its core, it is an online tool to serve drag racers who have a. For actual nhra christmas tree practice try rb racing s sportsman tree or pro tree. At its core, it is an online tool to serve drag racers who have a desire to get better at their starting line game. I plan on using appliance bulbs on top and colored floodlights on the horizontal pole and plugging it into my wall socket.
For addtional technical planning related to performance tuning and development visit our calculations page. Comes with tree, prestage, stage, 60, 18, speed, finish sensors. Can someone help me build a drag racing christmas tree for my garage. Not all timing systems products are available for purchase online due to the highly configurable design. Feb 18, 2016 3d printed drag racing christmas tree i designed in cad and printed on my folger tech kossel 2020 3d printer link below.
This entry was posted in blog and tagged drag racing, lane choice, practice tree, practice tree online on july 25, 2014 by leroy leese. Designed to improve your driver reaction time rt and the only drag racing practice tree with crosstalk. In the drag racing world, a christmas tree is the post at the start line that sequentially lights up a set of yellow lights followed shortly after by a green light to tell the drivers to go, the li. Additionally, the christmas tree timing sequence can be set to function as either a nhra professional or nhra sportsman standard class type tree. Raceamerica offers timing systems as bundled packages for purchase through our online store. Sep 20, 2016 in the drag racing world, a christmas tree is the post at the start line that sequentially lights up a set of yellow lights followed shortly after by a green light to tell the drivers to go, the li. Portatree drag race practice trees and full drag race. Custom programmed, new pagers for any uhf paging system. A common christmas tree consists of a column of seven lights for each driver or lane, as well as a set of light beams across the track itself. Any drag racing history buff worth his or her wynns winder decal probably knows that the tree made its official nhra debut at the 1963 nationals in indy, where don garlits famously redlighted. Chrondek started in 1950 and by 1967 had become the worlds largest and most dependable drag race timing system.
Building a drag racing christmas tree aarons homepage. Gain a holeshot advantage and learn to predict your elapsed times with professional drag race timing equipment from portatree timing systems. Like its little brother the standard drag racing analyzer, it lets you play what if with engine power, weather, gear ratios, tire size, driving style, etc. In 1920 officer william pots introduced the first three color street light signal. See more ideas about drag racing, drag cars and car humor. Manufacturer of drag race practice trees and drag racing timing equipment.
The software can accommodate any length track as long as the sensors are positioned as described above. I read the circuits sections but im still unsure how to build this timer. The compulink team was responsible for developing the features on todays drag racing christmas tree as the autostart feature, which regulates the amount of time one driver must stage after their opponent has staged, to the current feature preventing drivers from guessing the activation of the tree. Drag race alarm clock wbatteries drc15rb summit racing. Im new to arduino so i was excited to try this out. Practice trees are a great way to stay sharp when you cant be at the track. Featuring a large drag racing christmas tree, vehicle connections for invehicle practice, cigarette lighter adapter, optional throttle and clutch foot pedals and much more. Who invented the drag racing signal though is a slightly different argument.
I need the tree to be the same as the race track so my reaction time might improve. As the last light turns green, the sound of 8,000 hp top fuel dragsters rocketing down the strip will bring you out of the. You can practice against a competitor or against the computer with a preset reaction time. Proform 67025c perfect launch handheld practice tree. Drag racing christmas tree for rc cars michael kohn. A drag race is an acceleration contest from a standing start between two vehicles over a measured distance. You must add 1 as a minimum quantity to buy this product. The drag racing analyzer pro is software for your personal computer to simulate a full power, standing start acceleration of most any vehicle you can design. Start competing against other drivers on the tree with your new account.
Heres the ultimate wake up call for all you drag racing gear heads. A pre2011 compulink drag racing christmas tree as currently in use on the curacao international raceway. Tree 48 inch high base of tree not included start beams finish beams 2 feet of cablecable to pc software on usb cart. The practice tree s screen below shows the lights during a run for handicap racing, where both drivers have different dialins. Sorry bracket racing is not supported in this design. Drag racing practice tree allows you to test your reaction time. This is a two part circuit i made for racing rc cars. Wireless drag racing system drag racing wireless system, not only is there no cables form pc to starting line but also no cables from starting line to finish. A drag racing event is a series of such twovehicle, tournamentstyle eliminations.
Modern drag races are started electronically by a system known as a christmas tree. Practice while youre waiting and it will help you win on sunday. Portatree professional track system software company name. Improve your starting line game and win more rounds. Our software can operate on multiple pcs over a lan or standalone utilizing only one pc. Box 206 uxbridge, massachusetts 01569 united states telephone. The default settings will give you a full sportsman tree, 0. Drag racing christmas tree lights clip art image svg. As the alarm sounds, the staging christmas tree lights illuminate and flash down in sequence. Drag pro 3000 drag racing timing system trackmate racing.
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