First of all, this forum is awesome. I've been wanting a simulator for a while now, but never had enough room. However, I just bought a new house and I MIGHT have a shot at this...but it's a challenge. As I try to solve this, I thought some of you might have some great ideas on how to resolve. First, what I'm working with:
- New house has a finished basement, and I'm fortunate enough that it comes with a projector and screen mounted to the wall.
- Height is only 9'. I'm 6'1". I swung my driver down there today, though, and easily cleared the ceiling. BUT, I wasn't standing on a pad. I had 6" easy, and when I raised it up high enough to hit the ceiling, it felt really awkward. As is, I'm not worried, but a mat is going to change that, I realize.
- The wife approved the simulator...ONLY if I could put it all away when not in use. This is the biggest trick, and I've yet to see a setup like this. Basically, I need the ability to put it all away when not in use. Not just hung from the ceiling or something like a lot of the garage builds I see, but truly out of sight. Is this even possible?
- I have a storage area in the basement. It's accessed by a normal size door, but once in, I have plenty of room to store stuff.
So with this in mind, a few initial thoughts:
- Can I just set up a net in front of the screen I have? Not sure if the lines of the net will show up in shadows on the screen in such a way as to defeat the purpose. I'm not trying to be a perfectionist, but has anyone put up a net in front of a screen? Can it work? And is that the best option?
- I've been daydreaming about some kind of rig using poles that can be folded using lockable joints at the mid-point. Feels like it's going to be more complicated and heavy than it's worth, though.
- I could install anchors in the ceiling and floor to hook a screen up to, but again, this is pretty involved. And would that even work correctly?
- Mat height. I have VERY little room to work with, so what would be the best mat that has the least height penalty to it?
That's kind of where I'm at. I feel like there's a lot of info/thoughts/knowledge that I'm missing, and I'm trying to go through all of the posts on all the builds, but to this forums credit, there is a LOT of ground to cover. I thought I'd mention my challenge to the group now and see if anyone was interested in helping solve it all with me.
- New house has a finished basement, and I'm fortunate enough that it comes with a projector and screen mounted to the wall.
- Height is only 9'. I'm 6'1". I swung my driver down there today, though, and easily cleared the ceiling. BUT, I wasn't standing on a pad. I had 6" easy, and when I raised it up high enough to hit the ceiling, it felt really awkward. As is, I'm not worried, but a mat is going to change that, I realize.
- The wife approved the simulator...ONLY if I could put it all away when not in use. This is the biggest trick, and I've yet to see a setup like this. Basically, I need the ability to put it all away when not in use. Not just hung from the ceiling or something like a lot of the garage builds I see, but truly out of sight. Is this even possible?
- I have a storage area in the basement. It's accessed by a normal size door, but once in, I have plenty of room to store stuff.
So with this in mind, a few initial thoughts:
- Can I just set up a net in front of the screen I have? Not sure if the lines of the net will show up in shadows on the screen in such a way as to defeat the purpose. I'm not trying to be a perfectionist, but has anyone put up a net in front of a screen? Can it work? And is that the best option?
- I've been daydreaming about some kind of rig using poles that can be folded using lockable joints at the mid-point. Feels like it's going to be more complicated and heavy than it's worth, though.
- I could install anchors in the ceiling and floor to hook a screen up to, but again, this is pretty involved. And would that even work correctly?
- Mat height. I have VERY little room to work with, so what would be the best mat that has the least height penalty to it?
That's kind of where I'm at. I feel like there's a lot of info/thoughts/knowledge that I'm missing, and I'm trying to go through all of the posts on all the builds, but to this forums credit, there is a LOT of ground to cover. I thought I'd mention my challenge to the group now and see if anyone was interested in helping solve it all with me.
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