Motorcycle Lean Angle

[VIDEOVBOXWEST]

Hi All,

Im trying to do lean angle on a motorcycle...any ideas?

[Mike Broadbent]

Hi All,

Im trying to do lean angle on a motorcycle...any ideas?

Yup - arctan of lateral accelration. The formula to use in a maths channel is:

atan('G8')*(180/pi)

But bear in mind that, given this is based purely on latacc, it will differ according to riding style.

For instance, my pal Chris (with whom I do my trackdays, and who designs our scene graphics) hangs off like a loon whereas I tend to stay more seated. We are just about identical in ability (ie: not a lot ) but as a result of our differing styles his lean angle is actually less than mine...

[VIDEOVBOXWEST]

Great. Thanks. I will give it a try.

Do you have any videos of the math channel attached to an element? The drift angle element under the default gauges in the software would look cool flipped upside down. Instead of drift angle, lean angle. Can Chris do that?

I have a 170 degree camera mounted on the tail section facing the rider.

http://www.youtube.com/user/VIDEOVBO.../0/IQrw0GGsI8Y

[Mike Broadbent]

Nice video! Love the drifting... mental

Certainly Chris could do you a lean angle gauge. I've been meaning to set up a graphic of a bike though, and have a transparent gauge with the bike as a needle...

[Lucie]

Great. Thanks. I will give it a try.

Do you have any videos of the math channel attached to an element? The drift angle element under the default gauges in the software would look cool flipped upside down. Instead of drift angle, lean angle. Can Chris do that?

I have a 170 degree camera mounted on the tail section facing the rider.

http://www.youtube.com/user/VIDEOVBO.../0/IQrw0GGsI8Y

Hi,

I have flipped the drift gauge over so you can use this as a lean angle gauge - there are no numbers on it, you can add text elements around it in VVBSetup as desired.

I have looked everywhere on our systems and cant find any sample footage I have seen a customers video using the maths channel before though, and it worked well

I hope this is helpful

[Lucie]

Nice video! Love the drifting... mental

Certainly Chris could do you a lean angle gauge. I've been meaning to set up a graphic of a bike though, and have a transparent gauge with the bike as a needle...

Just noticed this

The flipped gauge should work well but Chris could certainly make something more sophisticated ....

Also spotted an error in the needle setup of the lean angle gauge I just attached

Here is a corrected one

[VIDEOVBOXWEST]

Great, Thanks. I will give it a try. I will send you the video when I get it done.

[VIDEOVBOXWEST]

Ok. I finally had a day to get this over to you...

When I lean left, the arrow goes right. When I lean right, the arrow goes left.

I attached the scene with the math channel used and a link to the video...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ-4o...ature=youtu.be

[Lucie]

Hi - I have had a look at this and thought of two ways to invert the signal

1. Changed the needle direction from Clockwise to Anticlockwise
2. Added 'x-1' onto the end of the lean angle maths channel.

These should both work the same, let me know if you get a chance to test

[VIDEOVBOXWEST]

Thank you very much. It worked great either way.

The Video VBOX software kept telling me my max could not be less than my min or something like that... I knew it would be easy.

I'm looking forward to trying it out at the track instead of the parking lot.

Any luck with the new elements? I'd love to try them out.

Originally Posted by Mike Broadbent

Nice video! Love the drifting... mental

Certainly Chris could do you a lean angle gauge. I've been meaning to set up a graphic of a bike though, and have a transparent gauge with the bike as a needle...

[Mike Broadbent]

Thank you very much. It worked great either way.

The Video VBOX software kept telling me my max could not be less than my min or something like that... I knew it would be easy.

I'm looking forward to trying it out at the track instead of the parking lot.

Any luck with the new elements? I'd love to try them out.

Yes, we have a new scene for this season, and it includes a lean angle graphic. Once I've put it together we'll publish it on the site. Are you picking up RPM and throttle as well?

[Lucie]

Thank you very much. It worked great either way.

The Video VBOX software kept telling me my max could not be less than my min or something like that... I knew it would be easy.

I'm looking forward to trying it out at the track instead of the parking lot.

Any luck with the new elements? I'd love to try them out.

Really pleased to hear that these both worked

[VIDEOVBOXWEST]

Yes, we have a new scene for this season, and it includes a lean angle graphic. Once I've put it together we'll publish it on the site. Are you picking up RPM and throttle as well?

Yes, I have done RPM and throttle in the shop. Both have tested well. I hope to have the Micro Input Module permanently mounted mid season.