Uneekor QED Preliminary Data Impression (Click for Photos)

Thanks to Golf Simulator Guys at http://www.golfsimulatorguys.com, we were able to see the live comparison on Uneekor ceiling mounted launch monitor against Foresight’s GC2.

So from this preliminary comparison, what I see is the following:

• Main ball data parameters which send the data out to any simulator software: Ball Speed, Launch Angle, Launch Direction and Backspin (Total Spin) are nearly identical to GC2 (except Sidespin), which actually aligns with Trackman when I compared GC2 on Trackman. So we can pretty much say this is a high end device that outputs really reliable ball data on par with Trackman and Foresight which are the industry standard. Moreover, these reliable data will get sent out to the simulator software to truly reflect what happened after impact. Backspin seems to be slightly different when the hit wasn’t solid at longer clubs (in this case the tester was hitting a fairway wood) though. In theory, this can alter Carry a bit. Lastly, the club path seem to be very open (20-30 degrees open) most of the times he swung. Perhaps this could be an error and needs further research.

• Now, the only consistent and major difference that we see in this video is Sidespin (Spin Axis). Outdoor GC2 slightly had more left sidespin vs Trackman and in this Uneekor comparison it seems like GC2 follows the same trend and Uneekor reports less lefty sidespin. To conclude which one is right, we would need to investigate further on this.

Let’s take a look at one example from the video footage and comparing both Sidespin and Carry algorithm using OptimalFlight (we have been noticing more left sidespin on GC2 throughout all of his shots so pulling one should be an enough sample to start off with):

While there is a difference in Carry with different Spin Axis, even if I adjust Uneekor’s Spin Axis to meet GC2’s there is virtually 0.4yds loss which is really nothing to talk about. In other words, they are extremely close.

So in relation to above Carry matching mechanism, another thing I kept noticing was how Uneekor seems to be slightly under-reporting its Carry distance compared to the reference ball flight model. Statistically speaking, its Carry results were validated with OptimalFlight as acceptable within the margin of error. Results were within 96-100% of OptimalFlight values. Also for your reference, in iron shots Trackman and GC2 are nearly identical in distances (probably less than 2-3yds at most). I use OptimalFlight algorithm to reference because the Carry distance report always seems to be in the middle of many algorithm we have available out there in the industry, so it is a very good reference to see where we’re at, not to mention it mostly aligns with Trackman outdoor distance too.

Let’s take a few more examples from its video and plug those numbers in:

As you can see, most of the iron shots are under-reporting by 4-6yds and they’re pretty consistent. I recall the new Flightscope Optimizer fixed their algorithm and now is reported that they’re under-reporting as well. Let’s see if I plug those numbers in Flightscope Optimizer:

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So guess what, the carry numbers actually seem to reflect closer to OptimalFlight. So in other words, Uneekor may be under-reporting its Carry a bit. On the other hand, although Flightscope Optimizer’s report does seem to be lower than OptimalFlight it’s within 1-2yds, so it seems that under-reporting seems to occur on a low spin driver shot. I will get back to you about Flightscope Optimizer below using a driver shot.

Let’s plug in a driver shot. This was taken from one of Uneekor’s promotion video:

It said the Carry was 290.9yds. Let’s plug the numbers into both OptimalFlight and Flightscope Optimizer:

So Uneekor: 291, OF: 294 and FS: 285. I can pretty much see that Uneekor maybe under-reporting Carry slightly throughout all clubs here. And as you can see Flightscope Optimizer is even more under-reporting here by 9 yds as known.

Before I wrap this up, there are a few things that we still have to investigate to thoroughly evaluate Uneekor’s data output:

1) Every club data: this wasn’t compared with HMT/Trackman/Flightscope yet.
2) Balls: Would that marked balls a premium ball? 3piece? 2piece? Are they comparable to ProV1’s for example?

What is the takeaway from this preliminary data comparison?

• All the important ball data are nearly identical to GC2. This is impressive.
• Club data needs to be investigated further. Also backspin on mis-shots and long driver shots.
• The unit doesn’t seem to have Carry inflation, but it actually seems to
  have a deflation in all of the clubs. In other words, it is on the under-reporting side versus various other algorithm.
• It has a great basic range/fitting/course software with customizable tiles/options.

If Uneekor or any other hardware/simulator software/launch monitor companies want to validate numbers in various settings, I have a TrackMan 4, GC Quad and GC2+HMT to do a thorough comparison. Please contact me using the ‘Contact’ link above.