Where are you looking when you flip? Try looking at the flipper (like lazer focus eyes 6 inches from the glass type looking). I hit that shot maybe a quarter inch past the center of the flipper. So let the ball roll half way down the flipper from cradle, then another quarter inch or so. Once you get that spot dialed on your machine you should be able to make it 90% of the time. The trick is cueing your flip off of visual spacing on the flipper rather than guessing on the timing ( because your eyes are glued to the entrance to the ramp, which is wrong).

Added bonus that this method will still work when youre amped up in multiball... if you rely on timing, your perception of time is altered bu aderenaline and youll shoot early much more often.

Give it a try, let us know how it works for ya.