Incorporating Trakus into ground loss

[wherethevalue]

Hello everybody, I\'ve been a long time TG user and forum lurker. Something I always wondered is if Trakus ground loss can be more easily quantified and more efficient than the paths off rail ground loss calculations.

I understand the torque of the turns are different at each track and say ground loss on the AQU inner is more significant than the main at Belmont, also something like this would require a large data set and a whole new formula. Another hurdle would be that not every track has Trakus data.

Understanding the challenges, was curious if this idea has ever been tossed around among sheet figure makers. Just asking out of curiosity, already have much respect for the accuracy of the #\'s.

[TGJB]

When we looked at Trakus a few years ago they were more accurate at some places than others. The other issues are that our trackmen record other info as well (like wind), and Trakus is not everywhere yet, as you say.

[miff]

TG ground loss(w\'s top left of page)was looked at several times a few years back, very accurate.