At Chilli Dip, we only use the most advanced club technology, to ensure that our custom fitting is of the best quality.
Some of the technology we use:
TRACKMAN™
TrackMan™ has set a new standard for golf ball and golf club measurement. Based on Doppler radar technology, TrackMan™ measures the exact 3-dimensional club movement and ball flight, and provides precise data on the ball launch, ball flight and ball landing. TrackMan™ measures the full trajectory of any shot, ranging from short pitches to 400-yard drives and measures the landing position with an accuracy of 1 foot at 100 yards.
In addition, TrackMan™ measures actual spin rate of the ball without marking it - with state-of-the-art accuracy.
TrackMan™ gives accurate measured data without using any modelling, and displays the actual 3D trajectory in real time.
"TrackMan is a fantastic tool for measurement and analysis of ball flight. TrackMan has become an important part of our club fitting programs for tour players and amateurs alike"
Nick Faldo utilising the TrackMan system
HOTSTIX™
Hot Stix Golf measures the Raw Frequency of every shaft that comes to the market at its stock length with a standard tip weight. This same test is executed at the beginning of each fitting, to measure a customers club and set-makeup's raw frequency. The data accumulated allows Hot Stix to determine the stiffness and frequency of a shaft down to a precise number, rather general flexibility. By gathering data on how stiff a shaft will be in its raw form, our builders can calculate how stiff a shaft will be at its stock length and how it will perform with other components making up the custom fit club.
Using Hot Stix Technologies proprietary custom fitting software, Certified Hot Stix Golf Fitters and Builders provide personalized woods, irons, putter, shaft and ball Tour-fittings for all leading manufacturers' golf equipment
MATRIX PROFILER / MULTI MATCHING
For decades, clubmakers relied on the deflection board; a simple mechanical device that gave clubmakers confidence that they could correlate shafts with a modicum of success. In recent years the deflection board has fallen from favour as more accurate means via electronics have been accepted as the benchmark for measuring shafts.
The testing of shafts by electronic means has been around much longer than one would imagine. The forerunner to the modern frequency analyser was patented and utilized by Spalding in 1944. Though the machine’s primary function was to measure the moment of inertia of clubs, it was also capable of other measurements, such as frequency.
In 1968, Alastair Cochran and John Stobbs reintroduced to the forefront the concept of testing shafts and clubs by the use of a frequency analyser. In their assessment of how to match shafts, put forth in the search for the perfect swing, they stated that there are two “obvious” methods to match shafts, mentioning both a deflection board and a frequency analyser. They further stated that using the frequency of vibration of a shaft would be a “better” method.
You would be hard-pressed to find a clubmaker dedicated to his or her craft, without a frequency analyser today. Frequency analysers are an excellent tool to visually display that you are serious about your customer’s clubs, and advanced in your methods. They also provide a convenient way to find the general flex of a finished club. However, these devices have a number of conceptual and design flaws, which limit their ability to truly match shafts. The introduction of Multi-Matching marks a first in the industry in terms of a complete approach to shaft matching.
The Multi-Matching machine was created and patented by our Research and Development department and was originally to be used only for the collection of advanced static shaft data during prototype evaluations. The machine proved to be such an accurate and reliable tool that we now employ it in many areas of production and quality control. The Multi-Matching machine was designed to allow accurate readings at any point of a shaft in terms of resistance to bending, which is the standard that Matrix works from.
After the prototype evaluation of a shaft is completed, the machine is then used during the actual manufacture of shafts. The roller system is utilized to map the shaft's CFI, or Circumferential Flexural Integrity. This testing standard indicates how well a manufacturer has maintained the targeted flexure. This reading is obtained by turning the shaft 360 degrees around its axis and recording the difference between the highest and lowest readings. It is imperative to strive for this type of symmetry during the manufacturing process, since dispersion can be greatly affected by it. Evidence strongly suggests which shafts that lack CFI are inaccurate in their dynamic response to deflection since their uneven distribution of flex causes an out-of-phase recovery, technically known as the force of restitution. Among its other uses are a series of tests conducted as part of our QC process aimed at matching shafts to each other.
