Home hitting net is complete
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Lindsey Newman
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And good to stop malaria as well!
That's sweet, I see the laptop, do you have a LM sitting there out of view?
That's sweet, I see the laptop, do you have a LM sitting there out of view?
Kevin Shields
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Sweet setup
MG,
I'm thinking of adding a white net to my current set up to preserve the Pro V1's a bit longer. Does the FS X2 have any problem picking up the spin with a white background? Also, the newest firmware update 6.14 is the best, most consistent FS #'s I have ever seen indoors. Rivals TM for sure.
mgranato
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Can't say for certain from experience (I'm still living with the mistake of a black net). I don't think background color matters, but I do think the lack of transfer staining from the black would have to help.
The update is just sitting in my inbox, thanks for the reminder.
GeoffDickson
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I bought a Flightscope X2 to go with the net.
I did ALOT of homework on the design and construction of the set-up. I read somewhere that black nets can make the balls 'dirty', so I was always keen to get a white net. I never gave any thought to whether the contrast would between the net and the ball would be sufficient.
I am assuming that because FS/TM use radar, that the contrast issue is a non-event.
Basic dimensions: 3.5m wide, 3.5m high and 6m deep*. That's about 70 square metres. With the hitting mat located just outside the net, that gives me about 7.2 to the back net. With the (inevitable) sagging, these dimensions would actually be marginally smaller. The key is that I can hit a 60* wedge and still get reliable numbers.
The netting is the same as used at my local golf club...its been there over 18mths and still shows no sign of deterioration.
Real feel golf mat. Regrettable I went the 4'x4' option. You definitely need the 5'x5' option for the driver. So I will either have to place the tee right at the very edge of the mat or create at minor extension (only needs to be about 4 inches) so that my feet are on the same level as the mat.
Almost impossible to hit one and not get it in the net. I can occasionally shank one..and my wife is just starting...and i have a few left-handed friends (and bedroom windows to the left), hence the near 180* protection. My son-in-law (non-golfer-hacker) managed to hit one over the net last night...with a seven iron....no mean feat when you consider that there is less than metre between the hitting zone and the front edge of the ceiling net....he actually topped it and the mat just sprung the ball straight up in the hair and it lobbed onto the ceiling net.
Other design features:
1. The wires between that links the posts is covered with an old garden hose to protect the wire and the ball from each other.
2. There are only two wires. One provides the left edge. The other provides the back, right edge and front edge.
3. I bought the roped-edged net in three pieces. Two panels for each side and single net for the top and back. The logic here was to avoid a seam at the back of the net. My beautiful wife hand-sewed them together with heavy duty string.
4. Garden hose inserted inside the poles to protect the wire and the pole from each other.
I did ALOT of homework on the design and construction of the set-up. I read somewhere that black nets can make the balls 'dirty', so I was always keen to get a white net. I never gave any thought to whether the contrast would between the net and the ball would be sufficient.
I am assuming that because FS/TM use radar, that the contrast issue is a non-event.
Basic dimensions: 3.5m wide, 3.5m high and 6m deep*. That's about 70 square metres. With the hitting mat located just outside the net, that gives me about 7.2 to the back net. With the (inevitable) sagging, these dimensions would actually be marginally smaller. The key is that I can hit a 60* wedge and still get reliable numbers.
The netting is the same as used at my local golf club...its been there over 18mths and still shows no sign of deterioration.
Real feel golf mat. Regrettable I went the 4'x4' option. You definitely need the 5'x5' option for the driver. So I will either have to place the tee right at the very edge of the mat or create at minor extension (only needs to be about 4 inches) so that my feet are on the same level as the mat.
Almost impossible to hit one and not get it in the net. I can occasionally shank one..and my wife is just starting...and i have a few left-handed friends (and bedroom windows to the left), hence the near 180* protection. My son-in-law (non-golfer-hacker) managed to hit one over the net last night...with a seven iron....no mean feat when you consider that there is less than metre between the hitting zone and the front edge of the ceiling net....he actually topped it and the mat just sprung the ball straight up in the hair and it lobbed onto the ceiling net.
Other design features:
1. The wires between that links the posts is covered with an old garden hose to protect the wire and the ball from each other.
2. There are only two wires. One provides the left edge. The other provides the back, right edge and front edge.
3. I bought the roped-edged net in three pieces. Two panels for each side and single net for the top and back. The logic here was to avoid a seam at the back of the net. My beautiful wife hand-sewed them together with heavy duty string.
4. Garden hose inserted inside the poles to protect the wire and the pole from each other.
GeoffDickson
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