kinda curious, does anyone have one? I've always been curious about the speed of my smash and i was asking around, and there is about 15 of us that is willing to chip on a speed gun. My question is... does anyone know which one i should be getting? Alot of the guns i read say they can measure tennis and baseballs, but i'm not sure if it can pick up the shuttle or not though. I assume i'll have to aim the smash at the radar gun as well right? Anyone have any suggestion on which one i should pick up and where?
The speed gun used at the All England was over £2000 worth of equipment and it was... temperamental. A relaxed swing while I was messing about with the racquet measured 150, my smash with full effort measured 100ish The smash also has to be accurate and directly at the camera. Which then if you hit the camera it can cause a breakage and the one at the All England got damaged several times. They are expensive to repair. It was fun when it worked properly and we were getting results that looked right, I think if you could find somewhere to rent one for a weekend that might be a cheaper option
look at this link This a thread I made about speed guns http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php/103603-Speed-gun-during-game-situations
We tried this out with one that can record baseball speeds and it wasn't very accurate. Results ranged from 70mph to 116mph for the same person.
@dimcorner do u know what model? i emailed bushnell and they said their velocity series should be able to detect the speed of the shuttle.
