Tweet
Hi all,
finally signed up and able to post after many weeks of sifting through the many interesting post on here.
I am in the "design stage' of building my home Sim, and will initially use an optishot2 i picked up...but expect to upgrade to sky track (if they ever deliver a decent sim experience and I can get over that.....delay
, or possibly a GC2 in summer time as $4.5k+ right now fro 2nd hand is just too expensive for my game...
I have cleared a 10*10*10 space...with about 3m additional space for swing...and now just buying the cage corners, poles, netting, impact screen, and possibly blackout covers to make the projected image even brighter....
LAUNCH MONITOR / SIM:
for now, i will be making use of the Optishot 2, which I recognise is more of a entry model and club speed / face measurement tool...but using as a starting point.
in terms of the next step up, have been looking for a 2nd hand GC2, but still too expensive for me. have also been keen to hear about the ES16...but after all the fanfare before pga merchandise show...bit disappointed. so most likely would be sky track..if the get the software (but I can see that discussed in other posts...so won't harp on here)
CAGE / NETTING / SCREEN
have looked on amazon, and some of the recommended places here - but ultimately I think I will get the 10*10*10 connectors..and perhaps not go so deep on the cage.
Questions:
1. how taut does the netting need to be...and is it the same on sides, back and roof.??
2. currently looking at a green netting...but for sim use when you have black out curtains does this look weird...my preference is back netting, just that the green comes with a cage set i am looking at...so may have to buy another net if really annoys me.......if so, any reccommendations?
3) I believe at the back I will need to leave space between the net and the wall....and may also get an archery net to go infront of the back net...but does the impact screen then sit flush against this..or do you recommend a gap between net, archery net and screen??
4) if I need to leave space, then I am assuming I will need to get a cage that has a second vertical pole same distance from the back pole as the screen to the net (but unfortunately the cage i was looking at was square..i.e. only 4 vertical poles and not 6.
5) does it matter how much space there is between the cage "sides" and a wall. I will most likely have blackout curtains flush up against the side as well. (I'm thinking even if a ball hits the wall (softened by net and curtain), it would only ricochet forward to impact screen...or is this a big risk. (Sim will be for all family, and especially my 9 year old who is just getting into golf, but can shank the odd ball...as does his father!!)
6) On the roof of the cage, I am thinking of putting blackout material or a Black Tarp (which may be better for longevity in the garage).. assuming no issues here...??
7) for the hitting screen.. I have seen many options highlighted on the forum, but most a bit expensive, so will probably just go for a double sided impact screen I can get made up for me with ring holes around the edge to fasten to cage. and may upgrade to proper screen at later stage. on a 10*10 cage...what size should I get the Screen...is it just a bit shorter all round so that can be tightened to the screen with bungees etc?, and would you fill the whole height (when only projecting 4:3 or 16:9), and if not fill whole height...would you put in middle, or start from top or bottom of cage??
8) Archery net - I assume this should be the full 10*10..or less??
9) Hitting Mat / platform, I am thinking of doing DIY as have seen many good references on the forum, and cut out a space for the Optishot...and then buy the additional turf insert from Jagman (I think). when I eventually use a Launch monitor...do i need to remove the optishot, and have another Turf insert that can fill the gap and then hit off this...or would you just create 2 hitting surfaces (one with a pull out space for optishot..or even protee), and the other permanent.
10) any recommendations on turf I should be looking at if I have a separate permanent hitting surface on the hitting platform. assuming the rest of the platform will just be thin putting type material that I can also extend from hitting platform for a putting ramp as well.
I know there are a lot of questions, but would appreciate all and any advice as I am dead keen to start ordering the materials and kicking off the project asap
cheers
finally signed up and able to post after many weeks of sifting through the many interesting post on here.
I am in the "design stage' of building my home Sim, and will initially use an optishot2 i picked up...but expect to upgrade to sky track (if they ever deliver a decent sim experience and I can get over that.....delay
, or possibly a GC2 in summer time as $4.5k+ right now fro 2nd hand is just too expensive for my game...I have cleared a 10*10*10 space...with about 3m additional space for swing...and now just buying the cage corners, poles, netting, impact screen, and possibly blackout covers to make the projected image even brighter....
LAUNCH MONITOR / SIM:
for now, i will be making use of the Optishot 2, which I recognise is more of a entry model and club speed / face measurement tool...but using as a starting point.
in terms of the next step up, have been looking for a 2nd hand GC2, but still too expensive for me. have also been keen to hear about the ES16...but after all the fanfare before pga merchandise show...bit disappointed. so most likely would be sky track..if the get the software (but I can see that discussed in other posts...so won't harp on here)
CAGE / NETTING / SCREEN
have looked on amazon, and some of the recommended places here - but ultimately I think I will get the 10*10*10 connectors..and perhaps not go so deep on the cage.
Questions:
1. how taut does the netting need to be...and is it the same on sides, back and roof.??
2. currently looking at a green netting...but for sim use when you have black out curtains does this look weird...my preference is back netting, just that the green comes with a cage set i am looking at...so may have to buy another net if really annoys me.......if so, any reccommendations?
3) I believe at the back I will need to leave space between the net and the wall....and may also get an archery net to go infront of the back net...but does the impact screen then sit flush against this..or do you recommend a gap between net, archery net and screen??
4) if I need to leave space, then I am assuming I will need to get a cage that has a second vertical pole same distance from the back pole as the screen to the net (but unfortunately the cage i was looking at was square..i.e. only 4 vertical poles and not 6.
5) does it matter how much space there is between the cage "sides" and a wall. I will most likely have blackout curtains flush up against the side as well. (I'm thinking even if a ball hits the wall (softened by net and curtain), it would only ricochet forward to impact screen...or is this a big risk. (Sim will be for all family, and especially my 9 year old who is just getting into golf, but can shank the odd ball...as does his father!!)
6) On the roof of the cage, I am thinking of putting blackout material or a Black Tarp (which may be better for longevity in the garage).. assuming no issues here...??
7) for the hitting screen.. I have seen many options highlighted on the forum, but most a bit expensive, so will probably just go for a double sided impact screen I can get made up for me with ring holes around the edge to fasten to cage. and may upgrade to proper screen at later stage. on a 10*10 cage...what size should I get the Screen...is it just a bit shorter all round so that can be tightened to the screen with bungees etc?, and would you fill the whole height (when only projecting 4:3 or 16:9), and if not fill whole height...would you put in middle, or start from top or bottom of cage??
8) Archery net - I assume this should be the full 10*10..or less??
9) Hitting Mat / platform, I am thinking of doing DIY as have seen many good references on the forum, and cut out a space for the Optishot...and then buy the additional turf insert from Jagman (I think). when I eventually use a Launch monitor...do i need to remove the optishot, and have another Turf insert that can fill the gap and then hit off this...or would you just create 2 hitting surfaces (one with a pull out space for optishot..or even protee), and the other permanent.
10) any recommendations on turf I should be looking at if I have a separate permanent hitting surface on the hitting platform. assuming the rest of the platform will just be thin putting type material that I can also extend from hitting platform for a putting ramp as well.
I know there are a lot of questions, but would appreciate all and any advice as I am dead keen to start ordering the materials and kicking off the project asap
cheers
Comment