Who's gonna be first to get 1/4 mile times using an iphone?
well i just made a pass with it. not a good enough pass to see its accuracy. but atleast it didnt give some outlandish number.
i just cruised into first with a 3.3 60ft, and i had to let off at 100 because i was on a main road. it said that i went 13.7 @ 90, pulled 1.2 g's acceleration, and had 365 hp.
im gonna go out in a few on a highway and see what happens. i wasnt about to launch and hit 120 on this road. the phone makes a noise when you can let off, and i let off, a few seconds went by and then it made the noise.
i just cruised into first with a 3.3 60ft, and i had to let off at 100 because i was on a main road. it said that i went 13.7 @ 90, pulled 1.2 g's acceleration, and had 365 hp.
im gonna go out in a few on a highway and see what happens. i wasnt about to launch and hit 120 on this road. the phone makes a noise when you can let off, and i let off, a few seconds went by and then it made the noise.
well i just made a pass with it. not a good enough pass to see its accuracy. but atleast it didnt give some outlandish number.
i just cruised into first with a 3.3 60ft, and i had to let off at 100 because i was on a main road. it said that i went 13.7 @ 90, pulled 1.2 g's acceleration, and had 365 hp.
im gonna go out in a few on a highway and see what happens. i wasnt about to launch and hit 120 on this road. the phone makes a noise when you can let off, and i let off, a few seconds went by and then it made the noise.
i just cruised into first with a 3.3 60ft, and i had to let off at 100 because i was on a main road. it said that i went 13.7 @ 90, pulled 1.2 g's acceleration, and had 365 hp.
im gonna go out in a few on a highway and see what happens. i wasnt about to launch and hit 120 on this road. the phone makes a noise when you can let off, and i let off, a few seconds went by and then it made the noise.
the accelerometer itself is most likely a 3 axis accelerometer (like a wii-mote). if you hold the phone flat, it knows which way is down by the acceleration of gravity (which will be 1g in the down axis). the other two axis will be zero assuming you are not accelerating. if you start driving forward, the accelerometer in the forward/backward direction will begin sensing acceleration based off how fast you start moving. now you have two axis readking acceleration. last, if you turn hard, the side to side accelerometer will read acceleration as well and now all 3 axis of your phone are reading acceleration.
if you tilt the phone a bit before you start, the phone should be able to calibrate based off all 3 axis, knowing that gravity will always be 1G down (for instance if you turn the phone 90deg sideways, the left/right accelerometer will now be pointed down, and will read 1G.


