Everyone seems to enjoy moaning a whole lot just because the reality is slightly different from the ideal.
I'm a "non local" driver who races regularly at the beds club.
I'm sure that Scott and the Beds club would love to use AMB/Mylaps for their club if it was an affordable system given the amount of money the club have available. This of course is the ideal but given that they didn't have the buddget for it, they seeked a viable alternative and the solution they reached was ilaps.
As a racer, I already owned an AMB PT. I believe I was 1 of about 3 or 4 regular racers who owned one. Most of the members at beds club are beginners who don't race at other clubs or at higher levels.
Given the above, I think the decision to go with ilaps and ask the 3 or 4 AMB owners to buy a new ilaps PT at £35 makes a lot more sense than asking almost 20 members buy a mylaps PT for almost twice as much and/or have the club shell out for much more expensive decoders/handouts etc.
On a different note, if the ilaps relys on line of sight but can work through paint on a body shell, whats to stop it from working a little bit mud/dirt on it? AMB pt's are not supposed to be mounted vertically or on top of carbon etc. but they still work despite that. I think although it's unlikely to be better than AMB/Mylaps (there I said it), I think that people are underestimating the capabilities of th eilaps system.
Once the club has their system sorted, I'll let you know how I get on with my ilaps PT compared to my AMB.
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