Inventors:
Leonard F. Anfinsen - Long Valley NJ
Burton B. Lieberman - New York NY
Alexander J. Smits - Princeton NJ
Bernard C. Soriano - Bridgewater NJ
Frank W. Thomas - Chester NJ
Henry Thumm-Borst - Morristown NJ
Robert A. Tygar - Budd Lake NJ
Stanley E. Chrapowicki - Neshanic Station NJ
Mark Zagarola - Belle Mead NJ
Assignee:
United States Golf Association - Far Hills NJ
International Classification:
G01P 336, G01C 308, A63B 6936
Abstract:
The test range is provided with a calibration system for calibrating the exact position of a light curtain formed by a ballistic screen. The calibration system uses a model ball which can be moved through a light screen at high speed in order to simulate the actual passage of a driven golf ball through the light screen. Positioning of the model golf ball at a point at which the golf ball just contacts the light screen serves to determine the exact location of the light screen. A laser ranging device is used to locate the calibration system relative to a launch point. Thus, the precise distance of the curtain of light from the launch point can be readily determined. The calibration system may also be used to determine if a ballistic screen is mounted in a true vertical plane.