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Author:  kireol [ Sep Wed 14, 2011 9:02 pm ]
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Hi everyone.

I finished my Android Drag Racing app.



So far, it has hundreds of U.S. drag strips information (phone, address, web site, track type, nhra or ihra, etc), calculates live density altitude for the track, gets the weather for the track, etc. Also, there's a bunch of calculators for getting horsepower or cfm or a bunch of other values.

Depending on the response the app gets, I may at a later time, be adding things like news from the various organizations, a small reaction time mini-game, the ability to record your times/weather/etc.

I'm looking for feedback, good or bad, on the app. Am I missing a track? Let me know! Does a formula in the calculator section not work? Yell at me! Got a cool idea for me to improve it? Let me know.

Again, the app is free in the Android market.

If you don't have Android, you can view screenshots here: https://market.android.com/details?id=c ... gworkbench


Thanks!

Author:  BT Race Cars [ Sep Fri 16, 2011 3:14 pm ]
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Looks very cool Chris. When i try the navigation to the tracks it says " no results found for 10860 plank rd., null,mi 48160"
it puts the word "null" in place of the state for some reason. i tried a few and the same result.
other than that looks cool.

Author:  kireol [ Sep Fri 16, 2011 3:48 pm ]
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never seen that on mine. I'll take a look.

Author:  bbnova [ Sep Sat 24, 2011 10:00 pm ]
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Nor on mine..... :roll:

Author:  Safari-wagon [ Oct Tue 25, 2011 10:35 pm ]
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Chris-

how's the response been on this app?

Author:  kireol [ Oct Wed 26, 2011 8:06 am ]
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over 5000 installs. All the drag racers love it. I havent had any negative feedback on it.

Author:  bfnjz52 [ Oct Sun 30, 2011 12:13 pm ]
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Very cool app Chris!!! How does it calculate or get the weather info to calculate the density altitude?

Author:  kireol [ Nov Sat 05, 2011 8:46 am ]
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bfnjz52 wrote:
Very cool app Chris!!! How does it calculate or get the weather info to calculate the density altitude?



I get the weather from wunderground. That has all of the info needed to calculate. Then I use a huge series of formulas for the official formula to calculate DA. The only way you could be more precise than my numbers is if you took the temp/pressure/etc on site instead of from a zip code.

Author:  bfnjz52 [ Nov Sun 06, 2011 8:18 am ]
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kireol wrote:
bfnjz52 wrote:
Very cool app Chris!!! How does it calculate or get the weather info to calculate the density altitude?



I get the weather from wunderground. That has all of the info needed to calculate. Then I use a huge series of formulas for the official formula to calculate DA. The only way you could be more precise than my numbers is if you took the temp/pressure/etc on site instead of from a zip code.



Image ahso! You very clever fellow G.I.! I've told all my buddies about your app. The problem is those old farts can hardly work a cell phone let alone a smart phone! :idiote: Most of them think I say "nap" when I say "app" and they go to sleep!

Author:  kireol [ Nov Sun 06, 2011 9:39 am ]
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bfnjz52 wrote:
kireol wrote:
bfnjz52 wrote:
Very cool app Chris!!! How does it calculate or get the weather info to calculate the density altitude?



I get the weather from wunderground. That has all of the info needed to calculate. Then I use a huge series of formulas for the official formula to calculate DA. The only way you could be more precise than my numbers is if you took the temp/pressure/etc on site instead of from a zip code.



Image ahso! You very clever fellow G.I.! I've told all my buddies about your app. The problem is those old farts can hardly work a cell phone let alone a smart phone! :idiote: Most of them think I say "nap" when I say "app" and they go to sleep!



did you say nap? Good idea!


Thanks for the feedback :)

Author:  docoldsotherhalf [ Nov Sun 06, 2011 5:23 pm ]
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Is this available on the Iphone yet?

Author:  kireol [ Nov Sun 06, 2011 5:59 pm ]
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docoldsotherhalf wrote:
Is this available on the Iphone yet?



not yet. I'll get to it eventually though.

Author:  docoldsotherhalf [ Dec Fri 16, 2011 10:54 am ]
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Well after watching Dave enjoy his Iphone for several months I took the plunge and own one, so how's that App coming :mrgreen:

Author:  kireol [ Dec Fri 16, 2011 1:56 pm ]
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docoldsotherhalf wrote:
Well after watching Dave enjoy his Iphone for several months I took the plunge and own one, so how's that App coming :mrgreen:



As of yesterday, my Hackintosh is up and running. Now I have to go teach myself to program for the iPhone.

Author:  docoldsotherhalf [ Dec Sat 17, 2011 6:23 pm ]
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:rock:

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