Anyone know a good altimeter that can measure how high you boost? I'm wondering if there is a small one that can be hooked to your bar and you can press a button at the height of your boost so it "clocks" the height. Then I could look at it after I land. I don't really want to be looking at an altimeter during a powered boost.
I was thinking of something that could be mounted on the board, and clocks height by time, showing kind of a timeline with spikes showing height on all your boosts when you download the data. Would look like a cardiac monitor or a lie detector log sheet.
Look up shadow box GPS. I've never used it myself, but it has been used in a few big air contests. Looks to be about $500 though. Pretty expensive!
GPS alone won't do it. My Garmin GPS watch reads all over the place on altitude. Shadow box uses accelerometers with a GPS and records your path in 3D.
davesails7 wrote:Look up shadow box GPS. I've never used it myself, but it has been used in a few big air contests. Looks to be about $500 though. Pretty expensive!
GPS alone won't do it. My Garmin GPS watch reads all over the place on altitude. Shadow box uses accelerometers with a GPS and records your path in 3D.
I just YouTube'd the Shadowbox GPS and here is a great example of kiteboarding. This thing is pretty bad ass.
Dont buy a shadow box - there crap!!!!! Used to have one they do work BUT there not a sealed unit and have to use vaseline around the connection... It ended up getting water in it after 2 weeks and they wouldnt give me a warranty unit because they said i didnt seal it properly...$500 bucks you may as well just throw in the Ocean
LOL I think this is the only forum where, right after sameone says a product is crap, and a waste of money, someone immediately asks where they can get one.