Manor F1 Auction (yes some electronic equipment) (UK) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 08:09:57 pm
content: There are some power supplies and oscilloscopes going if anyone wants to take a look:http://manorf1auction.comKEYSIGHT INFINIIVISION D50-X 3024A @ £6402x TTI CPX400S 420W DC POWER SUPPLY ~£50...and more.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 08:30:27 pm
content: *must not sell house and bid on rolling chassis*

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 08:36:36 pm
content: Wow. Scary to see the amount of kit needed just tocompeteat F1 level - just looking at the number of jacks, stands and Tyre heater bankets alone!

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 04, 2017, 09:55:47 pm
content: Quote from: CJay on May 04, 2017, 08:30:27 pmYou could settle for just a steering wheel.

author: stevelup
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 07:56:03 am
content: £500 starting price for a DSO1002a

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 08:55:35 am
content: Quote from: Gyro on May 04, 2017, 08:36:36 pmIt looks like a lot of kit for sure, but soft compound, hard compound, slicks, wets, tyre changes (was/is that still allowed?), spare chassis, testing days, development chassis', you soon realise why there's so much 'stuff' needed to race cars and not just in F1, it's not that different if you want to be competitive in any professional series.You can do it with less (I had passing involvements with privateer teams in UK touring cars and WRC who ran on shoestring budgets or just did it for fun) but it's not easy and you have to have better than average luck combined with an excellent team and some inspired engineering to be competitive, if you have that and can throw money at it for all the goodies then all the better.The James Hunt era and earlier make for really interesting reading if you're interested in the engineering of it all and find the right books, Colin Chapman was a genius, some of the guys from that era could probably engineer a winning car from a stick, a piece of string, an urn of tea and a tin of pipe tobacco.*wanders off in a haze of pipe smoke and reminiscence*(not that I actually smoke anymore, but the smell of pipe tobacco, ahhh...)

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 09:14:45 am
content: They have a bunch of Lenovo X220 and W5xx laptops. Now that is something I would buy.Getting quote for the shipping...And I dont need a F1 alloy wheel to my living room. I totally dont need one.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 09:29:01 am
content: There were some bargains when I looked. 4x 500MHz Agi/KS probes (probably meant for the 3024A) for £50 that noone had bid on. But like most auctioneers they don't do any real research so you have 5 grey boxes for £20 starting bid (with nothing in them).Much of the electronics equipment will be for testing sensors and battery recharging for the KERS.Quote from: NANDBlog on May 05, 2017, 09:14:45 amPetrolheads turn them into tables and chairs

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 09:38:41 am
content: Quote from: RGB255_0_0 on May 05, 2017, 09:29:01 am"This is the one Manor racing qualified last in Indianapolis Q1 in 2016."- does not really have the pedigree. But still.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 10:06:29 am
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on May 05, 2017, 09:14:45 amX220s are getting a bit long in the tooth now, at least four years old so perhaps not unless they're *really* cheap, you can lay hands on X230 and X240 for cheap if you locate ex-lease ones.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 10:40:33 am
content: Some crazy starting prices on custom-made stuff that's pretty much useless to anyone else. Looks like they're basing it on cost, not value.I'd happily chuck in a couple of hundred for an ECU for teardown ( I have actually seen inside one of those at the Mclaren factory) , but not what they're asking.

author: RGB255_0_0
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 10:43:24 am
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on May 05, 2017, 09:38:41 amWhy do you think they're in liquidation?

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 10:48:03 am
content: Whowouldn'twant to pay £40 for a baseball cap?

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 10:51:02 am
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on May 05, 2017, 10:40:33 amThey featured moodily lit pics of the internals now and then in the Mclaren club magazine, it's been a few years since I had the mag so I assume they've changed a lot by now but wouldn't they all be the same across teams who share a powerplant?

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 11:07:54 am
content: Quote from: 8086 on May 05, 2017, 10:48:03 amI did pay that much for one. But that was for official red bull (not Vettel). Call me crazy.Quote from: CJay on May 05, 2017, 10:06:29 amI have a X220 as my main used laptop. Although when I bought it it practically was new old stock, never used. It is a fine machine, up for todays task with the i7 and SSD.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2017, 11:19:26 am
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on May 05, 2017, 11:07:54 amNo argument from me at all on that and I'd be happy with one, especially one of the higher spec ones, they're a good solid business grade laptop but they're just getting a bit old now and it would probably be possible to buy something ex-lease and newer for very little more money as the prices of ex-lease machines seems to plateau between them being useful and scrap.Just a case of knowing the prices I guess.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2017, 05:20:07 am
content: Quote from: CJay on May 05, 2017, 10:51:02 amThey're the same across F1. McLaren makes the "control" ECU. All teams must use it.