Calibrating clubs

[EricD]

I've been playin with my new Optishot and keep getting a pop up asking if I want to calibrate this club. I keep clicking 'ask me later' because I don't have the information it's asking for. ie: shaft length, offset, etc. Is this a 'must do' step, or is it okay to just play as is.... meaning does calibrating make that much a difference?

Can you create polls on this forum? Did you calibrate your clubs: Yes-absolutely! Don't be stupid!
Yes-cuz why not
No- it's doesn't make a difference
No- you can do that?

[gkkling]

Calibration doesn't mean you enter in the club info (i.e. length, offset, etc) although you can certainly do that. The calibration utility has you run the club face over the sensor in a straight, open, and closed position so it can map the club face and get a better reading.

Is it required? I think its only needed if you are having a problem with it picking up your clubs but I also don't think it hurts to calibrate your clubs if you want to.
For what its worth, I've only done my driver. I never had any issues with my irons.

Enjoy your sim!

[Lynchdpm]

have not used opti shot since I purchased skytrak, but you must calibrate clubs as gkkling has explained and save that info to a user. BTW the calibration must be perfomed very slowly as if you were putting with the club you intend to calibrate. It doesn't take long and will result in more accurate reads when playing. Im sure you are aware of the probability you may have to use reflective tape on your driver and perhaps 3 wood and hybrids if you use them.

[Bjajey]

Best is to tape your driver all black than put reflective tape on the front of the driver .

[EricD]

Thanks guys. I haven't had issues with my clubs without tape. So I think I'm safe on that front.
Interesting that calibrating is for mapping vs. your actual clubs. I was thinking it was to 'calibrate' my clubs to my actual (real life) distances. I hit my 7 iron 203 yrds the other day! I don't think I could do that with hurricane winds at my back.
Looking forward to a round tonight! Will be calibrating all my clubs then!

[braycobb]

Thanks guys. I haven't had issues with my clubs without tape. So I think I'm safe on that front.
Interesting that calibrating is for mapping vs. your actual clubs. I was thinking it was to 'calibrate' my clubs to my actual (real life) distances. I hit my 7 iron 203 yrds the other day! I don't think I could do that with hurricane winds at my back.
Looking forward to a round tonight! Will be calibrating all my clubs then!

The calibrate function is used to help with reading a open/square/closed clubface. It serves a similar purpose to the offset function. If you have calibrated a club, the offset numbers are ignored.

The speed and distance functions are used to get your clubset distance to your real world distances. If you normally hit a 7 iron 160 yds, but in Optishot they consistently travel 200, then you would set the percentage using the speed and/or distance function to get to your real world numbers.

Further, you can set the ball flight height that corresponds to your normal ball flight. This also impacts distances.

[EricD]

I forgot to respond to this....
I did the calibration, then went and customized my club set with my actual clubs (length, club degree, etc). Now it's very very close to real world distances.
I'm loving my new toy! Can't wait for nicer weather though either.
Thanks for all y'alls input!