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  • kirkemg
    Member
    • Oct 2019
    • 76
    #1

    SkyTrak & Fiberbuilt Practice Station

    I've had the ST for 6 months and thought it worked great. Limited to no misreads and ball flight met expectations. I have a very DIY setup in my garage but functional. Previously, I was using the cover of a box of balls to hold the ST while hitting off one of those mini mats with 3 different strips (see pic). They seemed to be pretty level and the ST worked great so i didnt spend much time thinking about how close they actually were, again It worked great.

    I recently switched to a FB Practice station and ST is struggling a bit. Numerous misreads and yardages are actually much longer than before. I know there are 10,000 different things to do and try but I thought I'd start here by asking if anyone using this station has actually measured the height of the ball (and what is the height) what did you use to place the ST on to get it level. Comparing my two setups this is clearly impact full. I've actually started using my old mat + box of balls and it's helped a bit.

    Any help is appreciated!

    Thanks!
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    • GungHoGolf
      Extreme Member
      • Oct 2015
      • 921
      #2
      SkyTrak needs the bottom of its case to be the same height as the top of your mat, simple as that. Yardages could be longer of the Fiberbuilt mat just due to its characteristics compared to your previous mat.
      Last edited by GungHoGolf; 04-04-2020, 05:45 AM.
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        • Morini
          Super Member
          • Dec 2017
          • 742
          #3
          Getting the right height is just to make sure the ball passes in view of the sensor. If the balls are read, you should be good. Since you have misreads, you need to check the height.
          Now why the longer shots? Is the distance reasonable? It could be that your old mat launched too high, and the FB is a bit more realistic. I can't see the FB giving lower spin.

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            • skytrakali
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2017
              • 132
              #4
              The height is definitely important for minimizing misreads, but it can be quite hard to judge exactly where the base of the ST really is, esp when it's in FMJ. Does anybody know how far away the dot should be from the base of the unit when the height is correct?

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                • GungHoGolf
                  #4.1
                  GungHoGolf commented
                  04-04-2020, 06:00 PM
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                  About 11-12 inches.
                  • skytrakali
                    #4.2
                    skytrakali commented
                    04-06-2020, 02:53 PM
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                    Thanks! - that's very helpful
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