GCQuad Hitting Zone is BIG

[legendsfan]

I remember seeing on here a month or two ago questions around the GCQuad hitting zone. Well, since I'm nearing the end of the planning phase for a new golf shed build I decided to map out the hitting zone in my floor plan layout and share it with everyone. Check out the image to get a visual of what your hitting zone would be. It's quite a different from what you would get from other camera based launch monitors which allows you to shift where you are hitting from in the room. For me it is valuable because it will allow me to move 6" off center when hitting with driver without having to move the launch monitor. GCQuad is the dark grey rectangle and the hitting zone is the green area.

[p3eps]

Have you ever used a GC2 before? If the GCQ is only 1’ 1”, then I can’t see how it’s 6x the hitting area of the GC2 as described in the literature. I’d say the usable area of the GC2 is at least 6” square.

[legendsfan]

I have but I don’t own one so couldn’t do any side by side measurements. My software program won’t capture fractions but it’s actually 13.5” x 13.5”. I believe they say 6x for ball data. If it was in ball data mode the corner would not be trimmed off. Maybe you could test how large the hitting area is and if it’s truly 6” by 6” or larger we could ask Foresight.

Either way way for me that extra 7.5” or so wide makes a big difference because it will allow me to putt next to truestrike mat without moving unit or feeling need to hit off edge of mat.

[p3eps]

I’ve been offshore for the last few days, so have been unable to measure.
I’ve just conducted a wee experiment...

I placed an A4 sheet of paper in my hitting area, and I moved the ball to figure out the limits and marked them. Obviously this isn’t very scientific or perhaps 100% accurate, but I’d say 8.5” wide and 6.5” depth. That’s outer edge of the ball rather than the point of contact with the ground.
That makes sense, as I have approximately 4” on either side of my tee that I can place the ball on.

I’d have expected the GCQ hitting area to have been significantly bigger that it is based on them quoting 6x the size.

[delaloi]

GCQ hitting area is big. Like, there is no fiddly positioning of the ball needed to find the range. Anywhere close to where you might want to hit it, it's got it. And the machine can sit a fair ways back from the ball (outside the target line, just a bit in front of the ball), which is nice for those of us who might be prone to the occasional unmentionable and would rather not rattle one off their new 15 grand toy. (Not yet tried, fortunately. But it's heavy and sturdily built -- I think it could withstand pretty hard impact. *Touches wood*)

[Mbs313]

The hitting area with ball data is 18x18 and 14x14 with ball data on as pictured in manual

[Mbs313]

Ball data off 18x18 ball data on 14x14

[Ookie]

Good to hear. If it wasn't for the sandboxing, I would probably bite.

Crazy thing is that the hitting area for GC2 dwarfs pretty much everything else but Trackman. I had a Skytrak, and the hitting area was approximately the size of a 3x5 card. ES16? Try the size of a poker chip--if the ball was hand-placed with the logo facing the cameras. Granted, I was an early adopter, but I still cannot believe that a company would release a product in such an unfinished state.

Ball read area is much more important to me than sketchy club data. Really hoping that Foresight decides to abandon the proprietary thing, but I doubt that it will happen.

[mthunt]

ES16 is the same as Skytrak.

[Baller]

Just got a GcQuad and man oh man yes, the area is HUGE!