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DludWhile I have no doubt you were mobbing, at high speeds this app is super unreliable. It works with gps, and if the connection is lost for a moment, your "dot" on the map will freeze. As soon as the connection is regained, the dot indicating location will quickly slide to your actual location. The dot will be moving much faster than you were, because it has to catch up to you.
aMazingBanannasI seriously doubt you did 96 miles an hour (150km/h) but it's possible. The fastest man on skis did 157mph (250km/h). Those ski tracker apps use your GPS to find speed which isn't the most reliable way of doing it, but you were probably in the vicinity of 96mph
saskskierThe fastest recorded speed in a dh race is 96.6 mph. Guys usually hit around 130km/h which is only 80mph. I very much doubt that a random ns dude bombing down his local hill is hitting 150km/h.
saskskierThe fastest recorded speed in a dh race is 96.6 mph. Guys usually hit around 130km/h which is only 80mph. I very much doubt that a random ns dude bombing down his local hill is hitting 150km/h.
shin-bangyea i figured it was inaccurate, but johan clarey? he was over 100mph. like i said its probly inaccurate but there were no turns at all made in our run . lol let the hate roll in
WordupVTI would imagine you went somewhere around 85-90mph. I tested this app on the interstate last year because it clocked me and my buddy at 86.7mph and we wanted to see if it was true. The app was consistently about 3-5mph off every reading, so it does work pretty well.
WordupVTI would imagine you went somewhere around 85-90mph. I tested this app on the interstate last year because it clocked me and my buddy at 86.7mph and we wanted to see if it was true. The app was consistently about 3-5mph off every reading, so it does work pretty well.
WordupVTI would imagine you went somewhere around 85-90mph. I tested this app on the interstate last year because it clocked me and my buddy at 86.7mph and we wanted to see if it was true. The app was consistently about 3-5mph off every reading, so it does work pretty well.
aMazingBanannasThese apps only work if you have a constant GPS signal, which you likely did on the interstate. In the mountains signal can get tenuous so the readings would be out by a larger margin, but they were probably pretty close (within 10mph) of the reading
.lenconPebble creek is like 10 min from the interstate and on the closest mountain to the interstate if that has a factor.
DIX~That's fast as fuck but totally possible. Racers never really get a chance to hit top speed. My buddy and I hit 130km/h which is like 80mph and it's definitely possible to go faster than that. I've also had 110 and shit many many times so I don't think it's inaccurate
RusticlesIt's not unbelievable, weren't tanner and Jon doing 55mph switch to hit chads gap?
dickhead.why is your battery level so high after having your phone in your pocket all day? you must have charged it on the way home or when you got home, and the 96 mph was in your car on the way home
dickhead.why is your battery level so high after having your phone in your pocket all day? you must have charged it on the way home or when you got home, and the 96 mph was in your car on the way home
wolfbackpackLooking back at the picture, he only ran the app for 6 minutes. So either the driver is FUCKING INSANE uphills or the app glitched.
dickhead.why is your battery level so high after having your phone in your pocket all day? you must have charged it on the way home or when you got home, and the 96 mph was in your car on the way home
wolfbackpackLooking back at the picture, he only ran the app for 6 minutes. So either the driver is FUCKING INSANE uphills or the app glitched.
dickhead.why is your battery level so high after having your phone in your pocket all day? you must have charged it on the way home or when you got home, and the 96 mph was in your car on the way home
ElgThe highest speed recorded in downhill racing is 100 mph, set by Johan Clarey in 2013. The minimum lenght of those skis is 218mm, and they're stiff as fuck. The racers wear skin-tight suits to mimimize drag. I've volunteered at the World Cup races in Norway for the last couple years, and i've helped the course crew ice the course. They spray water to make the course as fast as possible.
I'm telling you there is no way you hit that speed. It feels a lot faster going 50-60mph on skis that going 70-80mph in a car. 60mph on skis is still pretty fast though. But that app is crazy inaccurate.
.lenconI'm not saying it's accurate, we made this thread to see. But we DID NOT TURN. We went straight down all the groomers.
ElgYou probably went pretty fast. But i doubt you were even close to 96mph. Just compare the conditions to a world cup downhill race. The snow, your clothes, your skis, everything.
You asked if the app is accurate or not, i'm telling you from experience it isn't. Do you honestly think you went faster than most world cup racers?
ElgYou probably went pretty fast. But i doubt you were even close to 96mph. Just compare the conditions to a world cup downhill race. The snow, your clothes, your skis, everything.
You asked if the app is accurate or not, i'm telling you from experience it isn't. Do you honestly think you went faster than most world cup racers?
.lenconI'm not sure honestly. Racers that turn can hit up to 80 mph. World record of someone bombing is 157 mph. We did 96 bombing. So we're still 60 mph behind if it's accurate, so yeah I kinda think we could have. I'll test it in my car someday.
ElgYou probably went pretty fast. But i doubt you were even close to 96mph. Just compare the conditions to a world cup downhill race. The snow, your clothes, your skis, everything.
You asked if the app is accurate or not, i'm telling you from experience it isn't. Do you honestly think you went faster than most world cup racers?
.CJ.Look up rossingol on the app store. I think its a lot more reliable.
DIX~Lol all these apps are based off the same GPS receiver so no
devan1044I do a decent amount of GPS work for school (with the cheap GPS receivers that are found in phones), and they are very accurate in determining velocity when height is unchanging. This is because they compute speed based the rate of lat, lon, alt change. GPS works by having multiple satellites (minimum of 3, optimum of 4 satellites) broadcast at the time over and over again. Since the satellites are at different distances away and the signal takes a constant time to travel, your reciever can triangulate your location based on small time differences between each signal. With a 3 satellite gps triangulation, lat and lon are very accurate but altitude can have large uncertainty. I would guess that the mtns blocked some signal and only gave your receiver 3 signals to work with. With 3 signals, there could be a big swing in the Z location and your total distance traveled could be huge error in altitude. Looking at the graph, your most rapid descent was 900ft(.17mi) in about .1 miles. This would compute to a slope of about 60 degrees ( tan-1(.17/.1). I don't know of any in bounds 60deg slopes or any 60deg slope I wouldn't shit myself skiing let alone straight lining, so I think your gps altitude is off and that error is propagating to an insanely high speed.
I'm not saying you weren't sending it, but 90+ seems excessively high. Just my theory though.
john18061806I've experienced that right around 60mph you hit a sort of terminal velocity. It doesn't matter how steep or how low I sit down, I've only hit 62.5 and that was on a really steep run. You need more aerodynamic outerwear to go much faster than 70.
