Dean, How did it "feel" as compared to the original Nitro?
Cub ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 5:10 PM Subject: ShopTalk: Grafalloy NitoFlex Lite > Played the first round of the year with a new driver with a GS TI-310 head and the NitroFlex Lite R flex shaft. I cut 1" from the > butt to make a 46.6" club. I left the extra 0.6" on the butt to accommodate an SRV II head so that such a club will be 46". The > TI-310 head has a 1.6" shaft tip to ground distance while the SRV II is only 1". > > I gripped the club down about a half inch and started out. First five drives were right, with a bit of fade on a couple of them. All > were in the 190 to 220 yards. Not good so decided I must be babying the thing because of the low 224 cpm at 46" club length. Started > swinging harder and was really surprised when everything straightened out and I started hitting and straight. On all four par fives > which vary from 470 to 513 yards I was just off the greens in two. :-))) Chipping and putting were bad but I was very happy with > 86. Was hitting approaches and chipping with a 46 degree wood. Pretty bad so it goes in the reject box. Greens are still really > uneven and varying from slow to fast every few feet, but the grass is starting to green up and be fine by next week. > > Also will be trying the Jackaroo II and their new mallet head putter with three lines on the top. > DeanS > > Some numbers on the NitroFlex lite: > With 41 inches sticking out of the clamp, but no tip weight at all frequency = 951 cpm. > > All the following were with 5" butt clamped, 205 gram tip weight with CG of weight centered on the shaft tip. > Less than 1 cpm of difference in frequency as I rotated the shaft. > With 41 inches sticking out of the clamp, frequency = 224 cpm. > With 40 inches sticking out of the clamp, frequency = 231 cpm. > With 39 inches sticking out of the clamp, frequency = 238 cpm. > With 38 inches sticking out of the clamp, frequency = 246 cpm. > > > > >
