SkyTrak LM.... No love?

[sybez]

Could find anything on the forum about this yet, but find it hard to believe it would of been missed...

 

http://www.skytrakgolf.com/

 

Demo'ing at Wyndham this week. Said to be priced around $1000 with potential for simulator hook up and club head measurement sensors....

 

Anyone know anymore?

[Kelco]

Interesting, but it would be even more interesting if it registered angle of attack.

[jewofgolf]

Looks pretty cool to me.

[GolfinHack]

I just watched a couple of the videos. Looks pretty cool to me. The only problem is now I want one!

[toms1090]

Hummm. I may have to treat my self one day to this.

[northgolf]

Not enough real information out about it yet.

I hope the price point is as low as you suggest, though it is all rumor right now.

I don't use an Ipad, so I'll have to wait until they announce any pc/sim software.

I'm trying not to be excited - I have found the LM/Sim market disappointing.

[ChristopherMcDonald]

[quote name='northgolf' timestamp='1408377560' post='9957093']
Not enough real information out about it yet.

I hope the price point is as low as you suggest, though it is all rumor right now.

I don't use an Ipad, so I'll have to wait until they announce any pc/sim software.

I'm trying not to be excited - I have found the LM/Sim market disappointing.
[/quote]


I agree. I feel like the top manufacturers are keeping the pertinent data for only their highest cost units ($5,000+).

i will wait for tech to get cheaper (as it always does) and pay $1,000 for a unit that gives me everything i need to gain knowledge of my swing and stats; but as you, I will not hold my breath

[jewofgolf]

I think a huge benefit of SkyTrak is the laser dot for ball placement. This ensures proper setup for the best reading. At 1k, this could be the unit I finally buy. So far it looks too good to be true, but hopefully not.

[CactusGolf]

Just a matter of time until these become affordable! I'd love to have one.

[sybez]

[quote name='northgolf' timestamp='1408377560' post='9957093']
Not enough real information out about it yet.

I hope the price point is as low as you suggest, though it is all rumor right now.

I don't use an Ipad, so I'll have to wait until they announce any pc/sim software.

I'm trying not to be excited - I have found the LM/Sim market disappointing.
[/quote]

It has wifi so will connect to a laptop or PC with that too, just need to have the app downloaded which I'm sure is possible on non IOS/Android systems....

I don't get why companies in this market hold back with all the features on the top spec products, surely they see that the retail market wants this info/data too. So why not sell 100000's+ units at a grand ish a piece, rather than a few hundred/thousand for $5K a piece....

[Club junkie]

It sounds like SkyTrakGolf should offer a few units up for Golfwrx reviews. If it's the real deal they'd make the money they'd lose on the giveaways back three fold.

[Largechris1]

So it is from sky golf, as per sky caddie? No subscription fees I hope....

Looks very neat, maybe this is the LM at nearly the price point WRXers have been begging for?

[northgolf]

[quote name='Largechris1' timestamp='1408447952' post='9963573']
So it is from sky golf, as per sky caddie? No subscription fees I hope....

Looks very neat, maybe this is the LM at nearly the price point WRXers have been begging for?
[/quote]

It is from SportTrack, no relation to sky caddie.
[url="http://www.sport-trak.com/"]http://www.sport-trak.com/[/url]

[Largechris1]

[quote name='northgolf' timestamp='1408453464' post='9964041']
[quote name='Largechris1' timestamp='1408447952' post='9963573']
So it is from sky golf, as per sky caddie? No subscription fees I hope....

Looks very neat, maybe this is the LM at nearly the price point WRXers have been begging for?
[/quote]

It is from SportTrack, no relation to sky caddie.
[url="http://www.sport-trak.com/"]http://www.sport-trak.com/[/url]
[/quote]

I'm confused because the first video on the website has the instructor wearing a 'sky caddie' t shirt, and in the background poster bottom right in blue it says 'sky golf'.

No matter if its from a big company so much the better for after sales support.

[dubbledxu]

Count me in on the ponder list, hope it lives up to the hype (which many others havent been able to do).

[Kelco]

One would have to believe that the makers of the Vector Pro, Accusport, didn't just wake up one morning and think, "Ya know, I'm a bit tired of making launch monitors. I think we'll just close 'er down." You have to think that they saw something big on the horizon, and, with the rapid change in technologies, that they just decided that it was time to cut bait. Maybe this was the thing they knew was coming -- or maybe something even bigger is looming. Who knows?

[HighSpeedScene]

[quote name='sybez' timestamp='1408440307' post='9963393']
[quote name='northgolf' timestamp='1408377560' post='9957093']
Not enough real information out about it yet.

I hope the price point is as low as you suggest, though it is all rumor right now.

I don't use an Ipad, so I'll have to wait until they announce any pc/sim software.

I'm trying not to be excited - I have found the LM/Sim market disappointing.
[/quote]

It has wifi so will connect to a laptop or PC with that too, just need to have the app downloaded which I'm sure is possible on non IOS/Android systems....

I don't get why companies in this market hold back with all the features on the top spec products, surely they see that the retail market wants this info/data too. So why not sell 100000's+ units at a grand ish a piece, rather than a few hundred/thousand for $5K a piece....
[/quote]

Um, is the costs part on the other page?

[Shaftology]

This information has been around for years (ball speed, launch angle, back spin, side spin, spin angle) but all of this is POST shot measurements, i.e. after the cluhead hits the ball. It is much more difficult from a photometric standpoint to capture club head delivery (face angle, swing path, face to path, attack angle) which tells you more about WHY your shots are going where they are than just the POST shot measurements. We have been working with FlightScope, Trackman, Foresight for quite some time and believe me, the technology it takes to track and/or measure club head delivery is significant(i.e. costs a lot!!). If you REALLY want to improve your game you need the PRE shot measurements (swing path, face angle, face to path, attack angle, dynamic loft to know what you need to fix to optimize your ball flight and distance. At least the old Golf Achiever (Focaltron) gives pretty reliable clubhead delivery information at a very reasonable price. Photometric and Doppler radar units will continue to be the best for capturing all of the correct data and that comes at a price.

[sybez]

Launch is next month apparently with a promo price of $1499.....

[dubbledxu]

[quote name='sybez' timestamp='1409001873' post='10006147']
Launch is next month apparently with a promo price of $1499.....
[/quote]

Have a link?

[Ducky]

Looks cool, but seems to lack important data (such as angle of attack, club face angle, club path, etc.). I guess that is to be expected considering it costs 1/10th of competing products.

[jewofgolf]

I think the big draw for this unit is [b]accurate[/b] data that is [b]easy[/b] to get. $1,500 for accurate data is reasonable and I'm really thinking of getting one.

It's not a trackman and it wouldn't be useful for teaching, but to hit balls in your house and get accurate data - this thing looks awesome.

[dubbledxu]

[quote name='jewofgolf' timestamp='1409769732' post='10057873']
I think the big draw for this unit is [b]accurate[/b] data that is [b]easy[/b] to get. $1,500 for accurate data is reasonable and I'm really thinking of getting one.

It's not a trackman and it wouldn't be useful for teaching, but to hit balls in your house and get accurate data - this thing looks awesome.
[/quote]

My thoughts exactly, assuming it is accurate.

[gutlas5]

i bought a used vector pro last fall and they mentioned support would end this summer sometime due to a new product they were working on. so this is it i guess. so instead of 2 photos this one takes multiples to i assume get a more precise measuement. when i talked to accusport they hoped to get this unit around 1,000. i just wish they'd join up with ea sports or something to make this unit ablr to connect to a console and play a tiger woods like game.

[Golfer_LD]

The SkyTrak LM won't get any love if they never give a release date or a price. This product was actually supposed to be launched during the summer but has been delayed continually.

http://www.sky-trak.com/index.html

It appears that it has already been selling in Japan.

[gutlas5]

wow, roughly 2,000 bucks in japan. at that price why not go flightscope for the same data

[Golfer_LD]

[quote name='gutlas5' timestamp='1412867394' post='10260303']
wow, roughly 2,000 bucks in japan. at that price why not go flightscope for the same data
[/quote]

You'll spend at least double that to get a Flighscope that offers the same data. The Flightscope Xi doesn't offer any launch angle data, you have to go up to at least the Xi+ to get any launch angle data.

[vsproto]

Looks promising. Deceptive the youtube ad has a guy wearing a sky caddie shirt

[goatbarn]

Or just get a Flightscope Xi and hack it to give you all the data including club data. Cmon

[trumb1mj1]

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