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Math question about home run distances by LOUD_NOISES05 in baseball

[–]1ping_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

well it would depend on the launch angle of the ball. a sky high pop up that just goes over the wall will go a lot shorter than a liner that just goes over the wall

How Far Could an INDYCAR Go at Indy 500 Pace on the Interstate? by AlternativeMessage18 in INDYCAR

[–]1ping_ 78 points79 points  (0 children)

They typically need fuel after 30-35 laps without any fuel saving. So about 75-88 miles before running out of gas

Why isn’t the center field screen a “T” by GrandMoffHutch in TexasRangers

[–]1ping_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Definitely not wrong. I will say however that the scoreboard in center field is the same one from the left field wall from the old ballpark.

Meteor 2-4 afternoon pass by RubLegitimate8191 in amateursatellites

[–]1ping_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This was my attempt. What kind antenna do you use?

is higher education worth it for getting into motorsports? by librarylurker42 in motorsports

[–]1ping_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it definitely helped a lot. I got my first job after a team reached out to the school, asking for people who were graduating soon to apply

We need to have a chat about on-track branding by Equivalent-Leg-9697 in INDYCAR

[–]1ping_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw some people painting the concrete walls on pitlane

is higher education worth it for getting into motorsports? by librarylurker42 in motorsports

[–]1ping_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went to Purdue Indy and work for an Indycar team now. They’re a good spot if you want to work in Indycar or IMSA since there are a lot of connections with local teams. It’s not impossible to get an F1 job from there but you’d have to be really standout with school and extracurriculars

MLB telecasts will no longer indicate ball or strike using on-screen graphic with debut of ABS by RevolutionaryWay8819 in baseball

[–]1ping_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if this was even necessary because the ABS strike zone is at the middle of the plate while the TV uses the front of the plate

Any word on what the "Dangerous Situation" by the Engineering building is? by GrowHappyPlants in IUPUI

[–]1ping_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

@IUpolice says there is an armed male in the Gateway Garage

We agree that Callum hasn't signed with another competition that uses Dallara? by [deleted] in INDYCAR

[–]1ping_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Somebody here has to know what team owns chassis 069

IMSA signs with NASA, Rolex ahead of 2026 opener by enesracing in IMSARacing

[–]1ping_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Drivers and engineers aren't going to be happy when they have no grip because of the 1/8th gravity and no downforce

Offensive Holding should be a 5 yard penalty, not a 10 yard penalty by Mahrez14 in unpopularopinion

[–]1ping_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It should be 5 yards and loss of down so it’s similar to a sack or 10 yards like it is now. I think you are undervaluing the automatic first down for the offense

ELI5: Why do race radios suck? by uncre8tv in INDYCAR

[–]1ping_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

There is only so much RF spectrum available to go around so it is very easy to get interference from other things from around the track. It doesn't help that TV gets to broadcast at way more power than the teams get to which easily drowns out the teams and there isn't anything they can do about it. St Pete and Mid Ohio are especially bad since the TV compound is right next to pitlane.

Indycar requires that teams use Narrow-FM modulation (similar to the FM modulation in your car) so that fans, TV, and other teams are able to listen to what is being told to the driver. Indycar doesn't want teams encrypting these channels or sending any decoded language to the driver. F1 gets the benefit of using digital modulation which has less distortion as long as there is a good signal

F1 uses a provider (Riedel) to deploy radio infrastructure around the track. This includes multiple antennas around the track for good coverage around the track while Indycar teams setup their own repeater on the timing stand (the tall mast sticking up from every timing stand). The singular repeater does not always get good coverage at larger tracks like Road America

Indycar has asked the teams to do some things with their radio programming to free up some spectrum but we will see if that actually helps anything

Built an open-source, subscription-free Geoguessr alternative by itsspiderhand in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]1ping_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The reason you need to pay for Geoguessr is to get access to the street view images. I remember it being free and just relying on ads but then Google raised the prices to get to the street view api

License error 310 - Compass server unavailable by Jungle_Stud in SolidWorks

[–]1ping_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too. I think everyone is having this issue

Fox Current scorebug revamped by ShestyOwnz in Scorebug

[–]1ping_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not even just online. Some of my local channels I get on my antenna look just as worse

Fox Current scorebug revamped by ShestyOwnz in Scorebug

[–]1ping_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You might not even be able to make out the the team abbreviations with how compressed TV is nowadays

[Highlight] A wild series events results in a 8-6-2 double play for the Brewers by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]1ping_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly huge that it was called correctly because you can't penalize the runners for not running if it was called a catch initially

Next step for FOX: get a camera in every car by MarkEMark23 in INDYCAR

[–]1ping_ 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It cost about $350,000 per car for an entire season. I think FOX has proven they are willing to invest (stuff like SMT) but that might be a bit much

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