So I took my SkyTrack to a place with indoor Trackmans... The ball speed was pretty close between the two, but the spin numbers were over 1,000 off in many cases. Are there "dud" SkyTraks? Everything I've seen online has the two as bring really close. Today really shook my confidence in the SkyTrak. The other thing I've noticed is that when my SkyTrak is align mode, I have to cock the unit 20 degrees to the left to get the two lasers to line up. Is any of this normal?
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Also, the two lasers lining up is not a thing. It works for some units, but not others. It was a late addition, and the hardware is simply not aligned that way in some units. Hit some straight shots and align it to what you see. Then mark it out on the floor and align it the same everytime.
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Originally posted by grant2145 View PostWere there metallic stickers on the golf ball? Without the sticker the spin numbers are calculated and were probably displayed in italics. Indoors I'd take any spin number from a radar unit with a grain of salt.
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Originally posted by grant2145 View PostWere there metallic stickers on the golf ball? Without the sticker the spin numbers are calculated and were probably displayed in italics. Indoors I'd take any spin number from a radar unit with a grain of salt.
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Hey grant2145, good info there. Interestingly, my Mevo gives pretty good spin numbers indoors and on the range without stickers, and I know looking at their patent (https://patents.google.com/patent/US9868044B2 - Henri Johnson is the CEO of Flightscope) that they use the seam of the golf ball as a radar reflector if no stickers are present. I'm surprised Trackman doesn't use the seam, too. I'm always careful to align the ball so the seam is perpendicular to the target line.
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This is also interesting:
If the Spin Rate is estimated/calculated,
make sure you are entering in the correct
Club Type (Driver, 4i, 8i, etc)
My Xi tour gives pretty good spin numbers compared to my GC2 without stickers but horrible spin axis numbers. Even with stickers, in short indoor mode spin axix doesn't seem to be very reliable.
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It sure might cut down on the longevity of the screen.
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It goes without saying that Trackman is an amazing product, but as others have stated, indoors I would lean toward a photometric launch monitor's spin data simply due to the nature of the technology.
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