Sims and the ball flight laws

[Ernest Jones]

Does anyone know if low end sims like the p3pro and optishot are operating on the correct ball flight laws? I'm looking at getting one of these, probably the p3p, but saw some stuff on their site that made we wonder if they're not up to date with regards to ball flight laws. I'd hate to practice my ass off on a machine that thinks start lines are dictated by path. 

[SavvySwede]

Those LED based simulators don't measure with much accuracy anyway, not sure the formula matters.

[Dave2512]

I'd sign up for 2-3 lessons with an instructor that has TM/FS before I'd buy either. Takes forever to make a change anyway. When I was doing bi-weekly group practice sessions with 15 minutes monitor time my numbers didn't change much. Really was just a tune up to be sure I was sticking with the plan. Without instructor feedback I am fairly certain I could have tricked myself into doing something wrong chasing numbers.

[SteveH]

I found my p3pro to match up pretty good with what I did on the course. Helped me a lot when I started out. I sold it as I needed the space in my garage.

[ShotShySheriff]

You can figure out your path and face angle yourself for ball flight laws without one of these. Its quite simple, so save your money.

[iacas]

2 hours ago, ShotShySheriff said:

You can figure out your path and face angle yourself for ball flight laws without one of these. Its quite simple, so save your money.

That's not really why he's asking… I think he just wants a sim that happens to present his shots accurately, so he doesn't have to "play" by the sim's rules on the sim and then play by real-world rules (physics) when he plays golf on the golf course.

[Ernest Jones]

12 hours ago, ShotShySheriff said:

You can figure out your path and face angle yourself for ball flight laws without one of these. Its quite simple, so save your money.

I know that. I also know what my face and path angles generally are based on ball flight and my tendencies. But that doesn't do me any good when there's 3' of snow on the ground and I want to play some golf, now does it?

10 hours ago, iacas said:

That's not really why he's asking… I think he just wants a sim that happens to present his shots accurately, so he doesn't have to "play" by the sim's rules on the sim and then play by real-world rules (physics) when he plays golf on the golf course.

Exactly. Next house will have a big enough garage to hit balls. A sim, even a cheapo, will be more fun than just banging them into a net. I'll still do camera work, but this will be fun when buddies come over. So Erik, any experience with the p3pro?

[ShotShySheriff]

Ah, apologies, didnt read correctly.

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, Ernest Jones said:

I know that. I also know what my face and path angles generally are based on ball flight and my tendencies. But that doesn't do me any good when there's 3' of snow on the ground and I want to play some golf, now does it?

Exactly. Next house will have a big enough garage to hit balls. A sim, even a cheapo, will be more fun than just banging them into a net. I'll still do camera work, but this will be fun when buddies come over. So Erik, any experience with the p3pro?

It snows in Canada? 

I wish I had a spot to do this. The indoor range I go to is $30 per hour for the launch monitors and the instruction bay, which has video repeat (which is nice). I've been doing 1/2 sessions just to keep the price down.

[14ledo81]

Just hit the ball straight @Ernest Jones.........