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Been following this site for a couple years getting ideas on my own simulator build. Never thought it would be this complex, but I love planning and figuring out how I should build it.
I built a room on the backside of my garage for a simulator/mancave. It’s 40 foot long by about 17 ½ feet wide. Approximately half, 20x 17.5 area will be for the simulator part. Ceiling height in simulator part is about 10’ 5”. I ordered a screen from Carl’s place and it’s a 16 x 10 with a 10-foot enclosure.
I will be using TFD putting elite on top of subfloor, and am going to cut out an area for a real feel golf hitting mat. I was thinking of hitting about 12 feet from screen, but am flexible with that (I cut a hole in the subfloor, with a ball return made of 4in PVC that is hidden under the floor, and was hoping to get a 10-12 foot putt). Not sure if that’s a good idea or should be closer, depending on projector I choose. Was thinking of a 4k projector, but looking for suggestions on that. Eventually the screen will double as a movie theater room, which is why I was leaning towards a 4k projector, but again not for sure what route to go there? What would be a good ceiling mounted distance for my setup? I figured I needed to decide on that before finding my projector options.
I haven’t yet decided on a launch monitor, but am leaning towards gcquad from foresight (could probably be convinced into something else as well). Will set up with a touch screen mounted on the wall.
Basically I’m looking for a little help figuring out the projector or any other suggestions regarding my setup with do’s/don’ts that others have experienced.
I built a room on the backside of my garage for a simulator/mancave. It’s 40 foot long by about 17 ½ feet wide. Approximately half, 20x 17.5 area will be for the simulator part. Ceiling height in simulator part is about 10’ 5”. I ordered a screen from Carl’s place and it’s a 16 x 10 with a 10-foot enclosure.
I will be using TFD putting elite on top of subfloor, and am going to cut out an area for a real feel golf hitting mat. I was thinking of hitting about 12 feet from screen, but am flexible with that (I cut a hole in the subfloor, with a ball return made of 4in PVC that is hidden under the floor, and was hoping to get a 10-12 foot putt). Not sure if that’s a good idea or should be closer, depending on projector I choose. Was thinking of a 4k projector, but looking for suggestions on that. Eventually the screen will double as a movie theater room, which is why I was leaning towards a 4k projector, but again not for sure what route to go there? What would be a good ceiling mounted distance for my setup? I figured I needed to decide on that before finding my projector options.
I haven’t yet decided on a launch monitor, but am leaning towards gcquad from foresight (could probably be convinced into something else as well). Will set up with a touch screen mounted on the wall.
Basically I’m looking for a little help figuring out the projector or any other suggestions regarding my setup with do’s/don’ts that others have experienced.
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