Any update on the shield / leveling stand?

[driverdivots]

Just wondering if there was an update on the release date of this? I was hoping we would see this before simulation integration.

[driverdivots]

1 month bump.....

Starting to have my doubts.

[davray666]

Judging by the pictures we have seen so far on the ST official protection cradle I would say build your own.
That thing is nothing more than a leveling platform with symbolic protection.
My point here is that if you would miss and hit that protection, the ball will either fly thru the opening and hit the ST unit or knock the protection over so it flies a foot or 2.
Chances that the ST unit will survive better on it's own with no protection is higher simply because it's smaller and therefore harder to hit.
If you want a protection that works. Build a rigid and heavy one. Then use a hybrid, full swing shot with sever toe that sends the ball in to the enclosure. If the enclosure still stands then you have a protection. If not then modify the protection until it can take the abuse.
Mine has a stand alone leveling plate and then an enclosure with a lid that is placed on top. It has been abuse tested and it works. But it's ugly and bulky.

[davray666]

By the way pictures of the enclosure can be found here. (5th post)

http://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/skytrak/35001-doubts-on-the-accuracy-of-the-horizontal-launch-angle

[driverdivots]

Yeah I was really trying to avoid building a custom one (especially the leveling), but oh well. It is what it is.