Rapsodo MLM2Pro

[iacas]

MLM2PRO™ - Own The Course.™

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Data & technology driven sports products trusted by the best in the game. Affordable, portable and easy-to-use. Measure to master with Rapsodo®.

Rapsodo Announces Mobile Launch Monitor 2 Pro with Golf Simulation for More Options, Measurements and Fun on the Range or at Home

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New product brings invaluable data and pairs with Callaway® RPT™ Chrome Soft X® Golf Balls to give golfers unparalleled insights into their practiceST. LOUIS, Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapsodo, the...

The MLM2PRO™ has two built-in cameras, offering a major upgrade from the original MLM which required the iOS device camera to track ball flight. The inclusion of the cameras opens up the MLM2PRO™ to both Android and iOS platforms. The two cameras serve different purposes. The wide-angle "Shot Vision" camera is used to record a swing video with shot trace on every shot. The 240-fps high speed shutter "Impact Vision" camera captures a series of photographs that are visualized in the MLM2PRO Mobile App as a short video - allowing players to view their impact on every swing. The Rapsodo Swing Vision feature pairs the MLM2PRO™ with a phone or tablet to have multiple angles of each golf swing, allowing golfers to capture down-the-line and face-on swing replay videos so they can get more out of their practice time.

[iacas]

These two says that the camera is what measures the spin? Color me skeptical there. I’m ndefinitely not sure about that, but what’s up with those RPT golf balls? You’re not gonna hit those out on the range. Maybe you use those indoors and the dots are metallic or something?

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Update: Every reference just now when I looked at the press releases, etc. say that the first iteration "was a radar device" or some version of that.

Cameras for spin? On a range? In potentially poor lighting conditions? Hmmmmm.

[iacas]

Another update:

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I found on another site that apparently the rapsodo folks have confirmed that spin and whatnot only comes when you use the dotted balls they provide. Sounds like it won’t have a ton of use if you want that data, on the range.

[iacas]

Never mind. It also has a radar. But I still guess the camera is going to be used indoors.

[The Flush]

I would be interested if I did not already have a Mevo+ for outdoor into a net use.  

It would be interesting to see a comparison of the two.

[pganapathy]

Am I right in assuming that we can replicate the RPT ball at home for indoor simulator use.  It is either going to be multiple metallic dots stuck on, or multiple dots painted on with a marker pen.  Never seen the ball before so not sure which one of these it is.

And that also brings up another question.  If it is painted on dots rather than metallic dots, does the ball need to placed in a specific way each time or not.

Edited March 30, 2023 by pganapathy
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[iacas]

5 hours ago, pganapathy said:

Am I right in assuming that we can replicate the RPT ball at home for indoor simulator use.

RCT, and no… there's more to it than just adding extra bits of metal to your ball. They have a unique pattern and it reflects the radar back in a way that wouldn't be the same with just you drawing on or sticking things to your golf balls.

Since the Mevo+ added support I've been impressed with the quality reads.

[pganapathy]

5 minutes ago, iacas said:

RCT, and no…

It is an RPT ball.  Rapsodo Precision Technology according to the Rapsodo website.  The RCT stands for Radar Capture Technology.  Do they both work on the same principle or is the RPT ball camera based and will it determine spin rate according to viewing the dots/design moving/spinning in the air

[iacas]

37 minutes ago, pganapathy said:

It is an RPT ball.  Rapsodo Precision Technology according to the Rapsodo website.  The RCT stands for Radar Capture Technology.  Do they both work on the same principle or is the RPT ball camera based and will it determine spin rate according to viewing the dots/design moving/spinning in the air

Yeah, sorry, I forgot they had their own weird marked up ball. Completely disregard the previous post. RCT is for radar, RPT is for visual stuff (aboutGolf simulators had similarly marked balls for awhile).

Frick, sorry.

The orientation of the ball doesn't matter (RPT), and I'm sure there will be templates or something that come out so you can create your own.