++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[alfa147x]

how are you doing all that at once alfa?

gf driving her minivan

 

[alfa147x]

a rare occurrence

 

[eldorado99]

ah

 

[alfa147x]

I missed the mod forum opening too but got GA to forward me a post for teh lulz.

pm please

 

[eldorado99]

pm please

needs pics of gf first

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[MotF Bane]

With calculations...

Given 2" drop per 25' distance, and 30.25" height, the cutoff line meets the road at 375'. I don't know how much light would be visible at such a distance, but that is irrelevant for the moment.

A G35x can stop from 60 MPH in roughly 110 feet.

Human reaction time, combined with time to physical actuate the brakes, would be somewhere around 1.7 seconds. This is a fairly average time, and if I am speeding at night, I believe my response time would be less than that, because I am prepared to take action at all points. At 60 MPH, that means 150 feet.

Combine these two figures, and to respond to something, and come to a full stop because of it, takes 260 feet. At that extent of the light, the cutoff would be roughly 9" above the ground, which is sadly a bit lacking.

 

[MotF Bane]

But to reach 60 at night generally implies a wide long straight road, which usually means street lights and clearer sideviews, so it becomes less of a factor.

I mean, yeah, I can do 60 down a suburban side street if I really feel like being totally fucking nuts, but then I'd have the high beams on, so it's totally a moot point.

 

[MotF Bane]

Now, I don't believe the braking distance would be reduced to 2/3 by dropping the speed to 40 MPH. Aerodynamic resistance is lesser at the lower speed. So, 70 feet from 40 MPH? The 150 feet remains constant, but now the total distance is 220 feet, which puts the cutoff at 12.5", enough to show a set of human lower legs walking.

 

[sdifox]

This is an AM3 board with an Athlon X4. Decent, but not extraordinary.

> dead opteron

 

[sdifox]

lulz, now I am getting spam email with nice pics

 

[alfa147x]

needs pics of gf first

lol thanks!

 

[alfa147x]

lulz, now I am getting spam email with nice pics

???

 

[alfa147x]

Just got a EEE pc up and running for the GF

Refuse to put windows on it... Ubuntu here I come

 

[fjmeat]

Uuuunbuntu!!!

 

[alfa147x]

12111

 

[MotF Bane]

Another consideration... take my D2R xenons and mount them inside the reverse lights. Yes, the frequent striking of R-D-R to back in tightly would be painful for the lights, but the reverse lights don't help much to see while backing up. Perhaps a large capacitor so that they stay lit for thirty seconds or so after ignition, permitting a quick drive forwards?

 

[MotF Bane]

It occurred to me that I haven't opened GMail on anything other than my phone in about two weeks.

Was this phone necessary? No. Is it totally fucking awesome? Pretty much. I have some gripes about battery life, monthly cost, and reception. Could I go back to a feature phone? Uh, probably not.

 

[alfa147x]

Another consideration... take my D2R xenons and mount them inside the reverse lights. Yes, the frequent striking of R-D-R to back in tightly would be painful for the lights, but the reverse lights don't help much to see while backing up. Perhaps a large capacitor so that they stay lit for thirty seconds or so after ignition, permitting a quick drive forwards?

good idea

 

[MotF Bane]

Letting my room cool down a bit before bed, and tonight, no fan pumping in cold air all night, I'm getting sick. I get a bit sick every fall from leaving the AC/fan/window for too long into cooler weather.

No, I don't learn.

 

[MotF Bane]

good idea

My driveway I'm parking in has motion trigger overhead lights, but they don't trigger until the tail of my car is alongside the ... well, let's back up a tad.

The driveway has a forwards segment, some 30-32 feet long, and 16-18 feet wide. Then it has a cubby at the back of it, indented by a screen porch, where hang the overhead motion lights. The cubby is about 18 feet long, and 9 feet wide. It's perfect to fit a car into, and that's where my G resides.

So the motion lights don't come on until the tail of the car is entering the cubby. Until then, I can't see the wooden beams that set the right-hand edge, so I can't maneuver tightly to the right without risking my wheels. I'm very good at knowing where my car is, but I'm not confident enough in that skill to risk my wheels unnecessarily.

Thus, I back up a little right of center into the cubby until the lights flare on, then pull forwards, then back up along the beams. By the time the lights activate, it's too late to just back up, there isn't enough distance left to snug the car in again.

Accordingly, some nice reverse lights would be handy. A set of D2R xenons that become obsolete by adding an HID projector setup to the front seem well suited for the application. Either that, or Dad gets those D2R bulbs, since his car very likely uses the same bulbs.

 

[MotF Bane]

The goal... is to have HID projector lighting as high up in the headlight capsule as possible. That means forcing it into the upper bay. The "ceiling" of the lower bay will interfere with the light from the upper bay to some extent, even with a projector.

 

[MotF Bane]

It was noted in another quad projector thread elsewhere that four projectors, even with 35W operation, creates an excessively bright foreground, meaning that it really isn't that good of an idea.

I don't know how halogen high beam operation compares to xenon projector high beam operation.

 

[MotF Bane]

:hmm:

 

[alfa147x]

you should pay the car off first