Haha 2017!
600 rpm difference in adjustment is pretty earth shattering
Well I went in today to hit this driver. Walk into golf Smith and luckily they had it in. They didn't have it in before Christmas but looks like they got it in last week. I put this up next to King LTD to get some comparison. Before i post the numbers I just want to share a few thoughts.
It was very interesting to see how the slide mechanism worked. I think it does exactly what they say it does. And the changes in Spin rates and ball flight were easily seen on the monitors. With the weight all the way in the back it was too high of a ball flight. With the weight forward all the way it produced too low of a ball flight and I just didn't like the feel there. Oddly enough at the number 2 setting it felt just right. Also had the Myfly at 9 1/2° draw setting. The black-tie shaft is not going to be for everybody, Which is as expected. But I did notice that this particular black-tie shaft wasn't as "boardy" as black ties of the past. I have gamed and still have a black tie laying around and this shaft does seem a lot more playable but will not be for everybody. I would say that it is a better feeling version of past black ties. But It's a black tie nonetheless.
Strikes that were absolutely flushed and hit dead center on the face felt great. Really solid feel and you could almost feel the spring off the face. Cobra did a really good job on this part. If I had one thing negative to say about the feel of this driver is the feel on off center hits. The feel produce feedback enough to know exactly where you hit it but it felt much more harsh and the sound that produced was more more high pitched. To me I did not like that, But the numbers that off-center hits produced were still positive. I will say that the feel of well struck shots were very addicting though, I kept wanting to swing the club just to feel that impact again.
One additional thing I'd like to point out and I think JB said it a few points back is the importance of spin rates. Moving the track to different positions really did make a huge difference. Also I got some sub 2000 spin rates using a ProV1X. Most of the balls in the bay's are Bstones E7's But there were a few ProV1X that sneaked into today's trial. And with those balls with both drivers the Spin rates dropped substantially. Made me really think about how the ball alone impacts spin rates by a good margin. I mean some of the shots that did not make it on the below screenshot, with a low spinning ball like a PV1x paired with a track system that changes flight and spin rate like the F6+ driver, one could see drops/changes in spin rates easily of 1000rpm, I sure did. That's not even accounting for the shaft. That's just head and ball, truly eye opening
Compared to the LTD I thought this was just a bit more forgiving. My dispersion was a lot tighter with this club as you can see in the chart below. I think that LTD could be a monster with the right shaft. I just wasn't getting that great dispersion with the stock stiff rogue shaft which was 95 MSI on the LTD. I did like the feel of the LTD better on off center hits by a substantial margin. To be fair to the LTD I would like to hit that again with a shat that fits me. But if I had to buy straight stock set up the F6+ would probably be the way I would go.
What was unfortunate was the lack of available shafts to try in either of these heads. What I thought was a new cobra cart that was arriving was just the same old cart that was shipped to them. Even the Golfsmith reps were still unsure on whether or not they would be receiving any new cobra product. Some even heard that the LTD driver may not be in store stock for some time. But the F6 line would be in store stock by next week most likely in preparation for the 1/15 launch.
Club 1: King F6+
9.5D/ #2 track setting
Stock Black tie 65g Stiff
Club 2: King LTD
9.5D
Aldila Rogue 95msi Stiff
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If you miss equally both ways it averages out to good dispersion lmao
With rogue black stiff
