Popometer
The popometer describes the buttocks of a racing driver if it gives him information about vehicle behavior or the condition of the track. The expression is common among German-speaking automobile athletes. The jokingly used compound consists of the slang word Popo and the measuring device designation -meter . The term is also used by motorcycle and racing cyclists as well as bobsleigh athletes. With the use of the word, the use of the subjective driving experience instead of or alongside the technology is underlined. Whether this can help with races is debatable.
The first use of the term is unsecured. The English name is seat-of-the-pants feel. For pilots , the term "sit still" is common. The scientific term for one's own perception of body movements is called proprioception .
credentials
- ^ Formula 1 - Vettel: The Popometer counts , motorsport-magazin.com, September 25, 2009, accessed on June 1, 2011
- ↑ The Popometer helps with black ice , Handelsblatt , February 21, 2005, accessed on July 1, 2011
- ↑ JP Frederik Diederichs among others: HMI elements and concept for motorcycle assistance systems. TU Berlin, online (PDF; 452 kB), page 412
- ↑ Martini / Logsch are racing thanks to "Popometer" for World Cup gold , Focus online, February 19, 2011, accessed on June 1, 2011
- ↑ Spiegel.de from August 15, 2009 Popometer instead of electronics (accessed June 4, 2011)
- ↑ Operation Formula 1 . Focus No. 35/1997, page 146
- ^ Peter A. Schmitt: Langenscheidt technical dictionary technology and applied sciences, German - English . Volume 1, Berlin 2002, p. 1371, ISBN 3-86117-187-2 , online