iPhone dyno

[Ranger]

Friend of mine downloaded this at work today, looked really cool, I'm gonna see if he'll let me try it w/ my bike. It's around $13 from iTunes apps store.

http://www.dynolicious.com/

Introducing: Dynolicious

Dynolicious is the first automotive performance meter available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dynolicious uses the hardware built-in to your iPhone to measure the performance characteristics of your vehicle. No external wires or equipment is necessary, simply slip the iPhone into a cradle or cupholder and go!

Some of the performance metrics Dynolicious can measure:

* 0-60 Acceleration
* 1/4 Mile Elapsed Time
* Lateral G's
* Horsepower

Unlike other accelerometer-based performance meters, Dynolicious uses the advanced data-handling and display capabilities of the iPhone to make the most of your performance testing. Dynolicious maintains a history of test runs, showing you averages and trends in your results. Dynolicious also allows you to enter modifications performed to your vehicle, and will instantly show before-and-after results to easily identify gains or losses.

 

[Mr Bogus]

interesting... gimme one, i will send it down the track a few hundred times and see how accurate it is

 

[roadthing]

Now THAT is truly a "KILLER APP"!

I'm going to check that out NOW!

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Greeblesnitz]

I just installed that, going to give it a go this weekend and see how accurate it is

 

[Ranger]

I just installed that, going to give it a go this weekend and see how accurate it is

Cool, I'm curios of its accuracy also.

 

[Fate]

 

[Mr Bogus]

what no reports yet??? just take the thing out on the street

 

[TruWrecks]

So how would it accurately measure performance? The 2G iPhone uses cell towers to locate itself for GPS features. The 3G iPhone has a GPS antenna built in, but it's only accurate to about 15 ft. That would be pretty inaccurate for true performance data. It would be a cool little toy though.

 

[TruWrecks]

I just read over the home page. It looks like they are tapping the sensor that measures the orientation of the phone. I'll have to give it a shot with the Busa.

Thanks for the link.