AeroTech Powercoil Driver Shaft Review

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AeroTech Powercoil Golf Shaft Review

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Club Maker
The Golf Center at the Highlands, Carrollton Texas

ATPCDR_ImageThe AeroTech PowerCoil driver shaft comes in two weights, 50 and 65 grams. As claimed on the Aerotech website, the tip stiffness increases with weight and stiffness. It is filament wound like the SteelFiber and has excellent radial consistency. 

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AeroTech Golf ALT470 Driver Shaft Review

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AeroTech ALT470 Driver Shaft Review

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Club Maker
The Golf Center at the Highlands, Carrollton Texas

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Now that AeroTech is the most used carbon fiber iron shaft on the PGA tour the brand name is well known. Chris Hillery has been making driver shafts almost as long as he has made the SteelFiber iron shafts. The Aerotech ALT470 was my go to shaft many years ago when I worked in an academy the specialized in young golfers. 

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Paderson Kinetixx Driver Shaft Review

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Paderson Kinetixx Driver Golf Shafts

By Grant James, The Golf Doctor, Sydney Australia &
Measurement by Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Club Maker

Paderson Golf Shafts is a name that has been making some significant waves in the aftermarket golf shaft area for a couple of years now. Most golfers haven’t heard about what this company can offer but those in the know are starting to realize that this company is bringing something new to the table. Paderson has been producing graphite shafts for almost 30 years, R&D on the KINTIXX line started in 2008.

In addition to the catalog of shafts, there is an in depth discussion of their technology and manufacturing process which I am not going to repeat here with one exception. All but a few of Paderson’s shafts are filament wound. They are one of a very few companies that have this manufacturing technology. This video copied from their site illustrates the process.

Most carbon fiber shafts are made by rolling sheets of material over a mandrel. Paderson ‘spins’ a weave of carbon fiber ribbon over the mandrel. This gives them the unique ability to tension the fiber during the weaving process.

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VA Composites Raijin Golf Shaft Review

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VA Composites Raijin Shaft Review

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Club Maker
The Golf Center at the Highlands, Carrollton Texas

Raijin ImageI was surprised by the announcement of a new shaft company VA Composites. A quick look at the website and I quickly recognized the VA in VA Composites are the initials of its founder, Victor Afable. I have know Victor for many years as one of the principles at Oban. Before you could become a distributor you got a personal visit from Victor. It was generally the better part of a day where he determined your competence as a fitter and club builder. If you passed you were accepted as a distributor. I tell this story because it gives some insight into a person that has a unique passion for golf shafts and ethical golf club fitting. Victor Afable has been in the shaft business over 30 years. His designs have had a lot of Tour success.

A box of Raijin review samples arrived quickly after I reached out. I was anxious to look at the profile Victor chose to launch his new company with.

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Graphite Design Tour AD BB Golf Shaft Review

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GRAPHITE DESIGNS TOUR AD BB

By Russ Ryden, A Golf Digest America’s 100 Best Clubfitter
Fit2Score, Dallas Fort Worth, Texas

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The Graphite Design Tour AD BB was introduced in 2012. It is a modification of the Tour AD DJ, designed to deliver a lower launch. Range testing has validated what we can plainly see in the EI profiles. The TourAD DJ was the second in the series of the TourAD shafts from Graphite Design. Like the BB, it was a change from the original TourAD DI. Because of the long term popularity of the Graphite Design AD BB I updated the measurements to make hoop deformation correction to the EI profile.

The technical discussion and measurements are available only to registered readers

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This video was shot in May 2013 at the Crown Plaza Invitational at the Colonial. Erik Boysen is in charge of tour promotions for Pro’s Choice, the US distributor for Graphite Designs. He shares his knowledge of the shafts and tour fitting experience.

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