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[mjstrong]

How do you express the Impact Plane's measurement?

As in, "Ben, I measured your Impact Plane, and it's (fill in the blank)."

If I'm referring to its horizontal component: 3 degrees left, 2 degrees right, .5 degrees inside out (same as right for a RH). The same way Trackman spits out HSP.

Vertical component: 62.5 degrees, etc... Again, the same way Trackman/Flightscope would.

EDIT: We shouldn't be threadjacking - http://www.brianmanzella.com/forum/golfing-discussions/14626-impact-plane.html

 

[savydan]

Your Impact Plane sounds like the True Path. What's the difference?

 

[mjstrong]

Your Impact Plane sounds like the True Path. What's the difference?

Path is not plane. An infinite number of true paths are possible on a single plane. You should watch Brian's D-Plane video. It's good.

Plane would only be a component of path; you'd need to know the Angle of Attack (vertical path) along with both VSP and HSP measurements in order to determine your horizontal path.

 

[savydan]

So your Impact Plane is Trackman's VSP?

 

[mjstrong]

So your Impact Plane is Trackman's VSP?

No, my proposed Impact plane would contain both Vertical and Horizontal components, just like anything in 3D (Path, Face, Plane - they all have vertical and horizontal components). So, I guess they would be VIP (Vertical Impact Plane) and HIP (Horizontal Impact Plane). I'm not proposing anything new, except a name change.

 

[ScottRob]

Over the top? Wow, I have never seen it.

Of course hogan did not come over the top of it. Because his path was moving left of the targt line, depending on the angle it appeared as if he was high right shouldering it. Watched Hale Irwin practice for a couple of hours back in 93-94. He had a drastic figure eight thing going. EVERYTHING came out the same. What I think was a beautifully flighted pull-fade, a bit lower than most of the other players.

 

[Todd Dugan]

How do you express the Impact Plane's measurement?

As in, "Ben, I measured your Impact Plane, and it's (fill in the blank)."

Measured in degrees. Horizontally, relative to the Target Line and vertically, relative to the ground. Think of Impact Plane like D Plane......each have two dimensions.