Foresight`s new launch monitor

[Alex1975]

This is Foresights new launch monitor. I think its just a GC2 HMT that is all on one unit. I understand from very briefly looking at the PDF that you can use it with just one dot per club but you get more club head data if you use 3.

Anyhow pretty unit, looks quite a lot like the yet to be successful Ernest Sports ES16 Pro.

 

[fundy]

price?

 

[Alex1975]

price?

Yep.... its the only thing that the salesman who emails or phones me every week left out.




Note attached pic... if they are showing all three bits of kit it clearly does not replace GC2 HMT so I have to guess its more money than that?!

 

[Alex1975]

The First Ever Quadrascopic Launch Monitor

Six years after releasing the game-changing stereoscopic GC2 Smart Camera System, we've changed the game once again with the release of the GCQuad: The industry's first quadrascopic launch monitor.

The GCQuad Launch Monitor is the pinnacle of innovation, design and engineering. Built from the ground up with cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art optics, the compact, ruggedised GCQuad delivers both ball and club data with unprecedented accuracy and reliability, all in a single device.

 

[Dasit]

Hopefully Rick Shiels or someone else on youtube gets one soon and has a test.

Looks like nice bit of kit

 

[Alex1975]

Hopefully Rick Shiels or someone else on youtube gets one soon and has a test.

Looks like nice bit of kit

If its anything like the rest of their kit it will be bomb proof. Just an outlay innit.

 

[BomberSRL]

If its anything like the rest of their kit it will be bomb proof. Just an outlay innit.

Golf Monthly Forum Whipround? Set up our own driving range!

 

[Coffey]

Does it have any new features or increased accuracy? Or is it just combining the GC2 HMT into one unit?

Looks amazing though!

 

[turkish]

From a few american websites saying $12k for unit and $3k for software which going by exchange rate should be £10k... so in the UK will probably be a zillion pounds

 

[Dasit]

From a few american websites saying $12k for unit and $3k for software which going by exchange rate should be £10k... so in the UK will probably be a zillion pounds

You might want to check the exchange rate after brexit happened

 

[Alex1975]

You might want to check the exchange rate after brexit happened

I would guess thats why is wrote "so in the UK will probably be a zillion pounds"

 

[Dasit]

I would guess thats why is wrote "so in the UK will probably be a zillion pounds"

Maybe

Sure lot of people don't realise how bad it has become from US companies to sell goods in the UK. No profit unless they raise prices significantly here.

 

[fundy]

Yep.... its the only thing that the salesman who emails or phones me every week left out.

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Note attached pic... if they are showing all three bits of kit it clearly does not replace GC2 HMT so I have to guess its more money than that?!

when you demoing the ES16 anyway (so that i can clear a spot in my really busy diary )

 

[Alex1975]

when you demoing the ES16 anyway (so that i can clear a spot in my really busy diary )

Soon, I have a sneaky feeling it might be in MK too. I might need you as I have a broken finger.

 

[fundy]

Soon, I have a sneaky feeling it might be in MK too. I might need you as I have a broken finger.

MK sounds even better what you done ?

 

[Alex1975]

MK sounds even better what you done ?

Oh you know.. Jammed it in the car door, door was locked, could not get finger out... hunted for keys in pocket...

 

[the_coach]

had email detailing this a little time back - but time embargoed on commenting publicly
but given they announced this now on various social platforms

unit has 4 cameras (instead of 2) as the name suggests
cameras placed further apart to give more precise data on clubface path/alignment etc dynamic loft/lie (if using 4 dots on clubface) use of 1 dot limits data available to 4 parameters only

& they've beefed it up to better withstand knocks battery life 10 hours but also it's an easy switch to but another precharged battery in

but at first the opportunity to buy is only open to those who already own GC2/GC2 HMT so get first shout on an upgrade
they are over here so I guess in the UK allowing trade ins of the GC2 against the GCQuad which means Foresight will be reselling the GC2 & HMT units on - so maybes an opportunity for folks to own a GC2 just got a little easier on the pocket book in the near future

one of the bigger major plus points of the new quad is it comes with an illuminated alignment stick to make use out of doors way easier and deal more accurate - point stick at target - unit at stick and all is aligned in the system

one grip had with GC2 (HMT) was if using outdoors (ie not with the projected screen and software when it was aligned pretty accurately to target) it was a little guesswork to line up the unit to the outdoor range target precisely as it's at 90º to that line very easy with no real guide to have it out by some degrees - unlike trackman or flightscope viewing area from behind the ball

 

[simmb]

From a few american websites saying $12k for unit and $3k for software which going by exchange rate should be £10k... so in the UK will probably be a zillion pounds

Apparently there are two versions of the quad coming out, one without HMT for $12K and one with HMT for $15K. If thats the case I reckon the HMT aspect will be license based, so all hardware is capable but they charge an extra $3K to activate it. Plus all data streams will be encrypted so no third party simulator options, ties you into Foresight's FSX software at an extra $3K, ouch.