Wed May 10, 2017 2:10 am by tarboxb
Ok so once more, I am very new and have not earned my stripes yet. That being said, I do have some thoughts (possibly wrong) This area, to me is another possible gate. You need to keep in mind that often but not always there are high areas on one or both sides of a gate. It is common to see the contact area widen, then narrow, then widen again at a gate. I have already seen this effect happen sometimes on only one side of a gate. It will widen, go deep and then level off back where it was roughly prior to the gate. Now, what happens if the other wheels shadow the gate itself but still allow you to pick up on the widening before or after a gate? I may be wrong, but I would wager likely what you are seeing. You aren't necessarily looking for the narrowest contact area but rather "gate signatures." I would say what you have there is a very possible but not guaranteed gate. I would wager the center is likely L22 or L23 because it drops suddenly at L22 and gates are usually roughly 3 numbers wide so I am guessing L23 is likely the center. Now, having this info, it would be helpful to confirm it IS a gate before proceeding. Run the third wheel right while parking 1&2@R25 and see if there is more clarity in this area, or anywhere else really. If not you could try to park the other wheels somewhere else and check again. If you can't get confirmation, it is still IMHO your best bet so far. I would position wheel three at it's "gate" at L23 and run wheels one and two around. If you get a good gate now that will help to confirm the initial possible gate. Park 1&2 at the new gate and run 3 in isolation. You will now likely see the gate more clearly if it is indeed a gate. If so, find true gate center and then double check your other gate. Use high low testing approaching all test numbers from the same direction and tag it to a wheel. Proceed to bruteforce while graphing the final wheel and you will hopefully get an opening.