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G-TECH / Pro Competition User Guide, Release 3.1
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Full Tree: A Christmas light tree where the three amber
bulbs are lit in succession, one after another, followed by the
green starting light.
Lateral Acceleration: Sometimes referred to as “cornering
Gs,” this is what is actually called “centripetal acceleration.” It
is the reason that when you turn your vehicle sharply while
accelerating, you feel like you are going to slide out of the
seat.
Launch: The process of getting your vehicle moving from a
standstill.
LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes, the red lights on the G-tech are
LEDs.
Menu: A multi-line text display in the G-tech that allows a
user to make a selection. Generally in a menu:
selects the
currently-highlighted item;
goes up one level in the menu;
and
move the highlighted selection cursor to another
item.
Pro Tree: A Christmas light tree where the three amber
bulbs are lit together, followed by the green starting light.
Reaction Time: The elapsed time from the last amber bulb
coming on until the vehicle crosses the starting line.
Rollout: The distance a vehicle can travel in the staging area
during a drag race before the clock starts timing.
Shallow Staging: A fairly long rollout. On a track, you would
stop the vehicle rolling forward as soon as the stage beam is
broken. This would typically give the vehicle 12 inches to
move forward and pick up speed prior to starting the clock.
Shallow staging will yield a faster E.T. and trap speed than will
deep staging, everything else being equal.
Shiftlights: LEDs that come on when the vehicle RPMs
approach the shiftpoint.
Shiftpoint: An RPM value programmed into the G-tech. At
this value, the shiftlights blink at full intensity.
Speed Mark: A speed that is programmed into the G-tech.
When the vehicle reaches this speed, an LED is illuminated
for one second.
Stored Runs: Acceleration runs that you have stored in the
G-tech’s internal memory. You can store up to 30 runs in the
G-tech.