Hi. Thank you for the answers. I am not a professional, but I have followed this link for years and learned a lot from reading your comments and through experimentation. The set of Aldila NV hybrid shafts .370 were bought from Aldila's clearance store. Before buying I inquired from an Aldila rep about substituting them for the NV irons shafts and if there was a difference between the two (hybrid and iron). He answered there was no difference and sent me a trim sheet to be used. So I am confused. If there is a substantial difference in frequency, I need to know before using them. They are for my own use and will go into a set of Bridgestone J38 cavity backs.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hi Ed, > You didn't say which heads the hy's came out of, like 2-3-4, nor which > heads they would be going into like 4-p or what ever. > You should be able to taper them with out any problem, I personally would > feel safer reaming the heads though. > I certainly would not cross-cut them. > > The bigger issue is that Aldila only uses a 3" parallel section in all > their shafts, (well except for the vx/vl) even their .370 iron shafts have a > 3" parallel, but they are discrete length and constant weight. > So your not going to have much if anything to tip them, and the Hybrid > shafts already come much softer than their iron counterparts, this combined > with the fact that your iron heads will be much heavier than your hy's will > leave you with super soft shafts, and you will not be able to have much of a > match in terms of frequency. > > Now this is not always a bad thing in the case of a single club, but I > don't see it working in a set, not one you would want anyway. > > I recently built a cast Vector 2 iron in a VS Proto 95 X Hybrid un tipped > 1" over for a high swing speed player who is absolutely in love with it. > It's stiff enough for him, but still goes high enough. > He plays forged blades in 3-p, driver and 3 wd, but could never find a Hy > or a 5 wd he liked. > David > > > > In a message dated 8/8/2011 5:59:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I have a set of Aldila NV hybrid iron shafts in .370 and I am asking if I > can insert them into a set of tapered .355 irons. Will the cross-cut method > work with graphite or will trimming a taper angle into the 370 tips weaken > the tip too much? > > -- > ED Boggess > > -- ED Boggess
