Launch Monitor Placement Planner
Overlay your device's required position and footprint on your room's depth to check for a conflict, before you mount anything.
Device footprint
16.5 to 17.5
Two fundamentally different placement styles
Launch monitors broadly split into camera-based units, which typically sit in front of or beside the ball to photograph the club and ball at impact, and radar-based units, which typically sit behind the ball to track its flight path outward. Each style has its own manufacturer-specified placement distance, lateral tolerance, and physical footprint. This tool does not assume which style you are using; you tell it, and it applies your own manufacturer-specified numbers to your own room layout.
Why this needs your device's own instructions
Every launch monitor manufacturer publishes its own required distance and clearance specifications, often varying meaningfully even between two radar-based products or two camera-based products. This tool has no built-in database of device specifications and makes no compatibility claim about any specific unit. You are expected to look up your exact device's placement instructions and enter them here to check them against your room, not to rely on this tool to know them for you.
What the footprint check actually verifies
Given your ball's position, your device's distance and footprint, and your total room depth, this tool calculates exactly where the device's physical footprint would sit along the room's depth axis. It flags two things: whether that footprint falls entirely within your room's depth, and whether it would overlap the ball position itself, which would obviously be a problem. This is a depth-only check; lateral and vertical clearance around the device are for you to verify separately using your device's own diagram.
Always confirm with the manufacturer's own setup guide
This tool is a planning aid for testing a placement idea against your room before you commit to a specific spot, not a substitute for your device's official setup instructions. Follow the manufacturer's guide for final calibration and placement, especially regarding any minimum ceiling height or specific mounting hardware requirements it may specify beyond simple distance. Combine this with the room fit checker and hitting bay layout planner for a complete picture of your bay.
Frequently asked questions
Does this tool know where my specific launch monitor needs to sit?
No. It has no built-in database of device specifications. You look up your exact device's required distance and clearance from the manufacturer and enter them here to check against your room, not the other way around.
What is the difference between camera-based and radar-based placement?
Camera-based units typically sit in front of or beside the ball to photograph impact; radar-based units typically sit behind the ball to track flight outward. Each has its own manufacturer-specified distance, tolerance, and footprint, which you tell this tool.
Does this check lateral and vertical clearance too, or just depth?
Just depth. It checks whether your device's footprint fits within your room's depth and whether it would overlap the ball position. Lateral and vertical clearance are for you to verify separately using your device's own diagram.