The higher the value, the closer the quad has to be to the timer to register a lap.
Set it too low, and you will be recording the laps of the dude 2 miles down the road, flying in his local
bar. Set it too high, and a 10 Gigawatt transmitter hung off the side of a time-travelling car wouldn’t
be recorded.
800
appears to be the magic value for most cases. This was what we used for the multiGP IO event
for all 8 LapRF 8-Way trackers, even the one pointing at the gate which was hovering 12 feet above
the ground.
Real Practical, Tried-and-Tested Values
Most gates, with the tracker positioned close to the gate, 25mW Transmitters:
Gain =
59
, Threshold =
800
Elevated gates, with the tracker firing up to the bottom of a gate 12 feet in the air (MultiGP IO Team
track for example)
Gain =
63
, Threshold =
800
Now, if you are pushing the limits a bit, and you are using a single personal tracker to time 4, 5, 6, or more
quads, the threshold may need decreasing a bit.
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