Quarterly hack and race at Circuit Launch (and Brazilian BBQ!)

Join us for our monthly hack/race day our cool new Oakland South location at Circuit Launch

https://youtu.be/i-x_-L4uBpc

Agenda:

• 10:00 am - 12:30pm: Training and testing

• 12:00 - 1:00 pm: Brazilian BBQ

• 1:00 - 2:00pm: Races!

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There are two regular tracks, both with white outside lines and a yellow dashed center line, designed to model lanes on real roads. One is for racing, the other for training

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We will also a smaller structured-walls track (six-inch high rubber strips on inside and outside of track) for cars with Lidar or some other ranging sensor

Rules:

• 1.5 meter (5 foot) wide course with borders in 70-110mm (3-4 inch) wide white tape.

• yellow tape at the centerline 35mm – 55mm (1.5-2 inch) wide

• The course must have at least one left turn, right turn, hairpin turn(1.5m outside radius) and gradual turn ( >3m outside radius)

• Course should fit in a box 20m x 15mUp to 3 cars at a time (for now)

• Course may not be smooth so the car should be able to handle step shaped bumps of up to 25mm (1 inch)

• People will stand 2 meters away from the track.

• The primary race is a time trial, where a single racer is timed for a single lap and three consecutive laps.

• Races are clockwise, and although cars can go outside the white lines, they must pass all the checkpoint cones.

• Racers are given three attempts to get their best time, which can be used in a single heat or spread out over several heats.

• After the time trials, there is also a wheel-to-wheel race between any cars that would like to participate. Typically only two cars at the track at the same time, but exceptions can be made for smaller cars.

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Other stuff that will be provided: Tables, chairs, power, wifi, coffee, pizza. And interesting fun.

Don't worry if you don't have anything to bring/hack on. You're welcome to just hang out and do the meetup thing. Or help others hack their things. This is that brief moment where we can all be n00bs. Someday our cars are supposed to be perfectly safe and autonomous. But for now, let's hack and crash while we still can.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!