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Rocketbladez Irons - what a con

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Rory130911

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Its just fiddling with the lofts & lies or should I say LieZ?

May old sticks have these specs:

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[TR="bgcolor: #CCCC66"]
[TD="width: 104"]Iron[/TD]
[TD]
2​
[/TD]
[TD]
3​
[/TD]
[TD]
4​
[/TD]
[TD]
5​
[/TD]
[TD]
6​
[/TD]
[TD]
7​
[/TD]
[TD]
8​
[/TD]
[TD]
9​
[/TD]
[TD]
PW​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #FFFFCC"]
[TD]Loft(°)[/TD]
[TD]
18​
[/TD]
[TD]
21​
[/TD]
[TD]
24​
[/TD]
[TD]
27​
[/TD]
[TD]
30​
[/TD]
[TD]
33.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
37​
[/TD]
[TD]
41​
[/TD]
[TD]
45​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lie(°)[SUP]1[/SUP][/TD]
[TD]
59.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
60​
[/TD]
[TD]
61​
[/TD]
[TD]
61.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
62​
[/TD]
[TD]
62.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
63​
[/TD]
[TD]
63.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
64​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Length(")[SUP]1[/SUP][/TD]
[TD]
39.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
39​
[/TD]
[TD]
38.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
38​
[/TD]
[TD]
37.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
37​
[/TD]
[TD]
36.5​
[/TD]
[TD]
36​
[/TD]
[TD]
35.5​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Rocketbladez have these:

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[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]CLUB
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]3
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]4
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]5
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]6
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]7
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]8
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]9
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]PW
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]AW
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]SW
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #666666, align: left"]LW
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]LOFT
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]18°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]20°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]23°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]26.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]30.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]35°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]40°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]45°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]50°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]55°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]60°
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]LIE
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]61.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]61.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]62.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]62.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]63.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]63.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]64.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]64.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]64.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]64.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]64.5°
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]OFFSET
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]6.5mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]6.0mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]5.7mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]4.8mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]4.2mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]3.4mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]2.7mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]2.0mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]1.4mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]1.0mm
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]1.0mm
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]BOUNCE
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]0.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]1.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]3.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]4.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]5.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]5.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]6.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]7.0°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]8.5°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]11.6°
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]5.9°
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"]LENGTH
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]39.5”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]38.875”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]38.25”
37.25”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]37.625”
36.625”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]37.0”
36.0”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]36.5”
35.5”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]36.0”
35.0”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]35.5”
34.5”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]35.5”
34.5”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]35.25”
34.25”
[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]35.0”
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]



Basically they have just swapped the numbers on the head, made a 6 iron into a 7 iron

What a load of con-merchants!
 
Not quite matey, they are the game improvement specs.
Proper rocketbladez TP irons (which any reasonable handicap golfer should concern themselves with)

Far more manly.

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Strangely the lofts spread on that set are pretty much what I would want and call ideal to carry the 4-PW and then 3 wedges, driver, 3 wood and hybrid. Basically they cover 20 to 45 degrees in 7 clubs not 8 which in my mind is pretty much ideal so that I wouldnt be left leaving one club out from my ideal bag of 15 clubs.

With regards to the number on the bottom, its really time the manufacturers were required to stamp the actual loft on the bottom of the club as well as a generic number
 
fundy said:
With regards to the number on the bottom, its really time the manufacturers were required to stamp the actual loft on the bottom of the club as well as a generic number
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Exactly, the numbers used to mean something, these days it is much simpler, 6 goes longer than a 7, 5 goes longer than a 6 etc.
Imagine turning up with a hire set on holiday and shooting for greens and putting them OOB beyond each time. lol the carnage!
 
Doesn't look like those those lofts are disimilar to my own S2 Forgeds (you need to enlarge to see, as won't let me load full size image)

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But if the GI version is biased towards a high launch, with a low cog, then the lofts need to be tweaked to keep the ball on a sensible flight.

There is way more to club head design than just loft.
 
I am really interested in this technology. TM have been pretty upfront about the jacking of lofts so it will be interesting to see if these make any difference to a wide range of golfers. I was sent this video the other day of Justin Rose trying them out and I thought his reaction was quite strong. Clearly he will have been asked to react but he seems genuinely impressed to me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UjX9bUCAow&dm_i=NBH,127G6,3HUD8U,39R3O,1

I also saw a video on FB today from Gamola Golf with one of them gaining 20 yards, they are usualy pretty up front as a company.

Have we all seen this?:

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Its all been done before but TM are saying it took a long time to perfect.

Ok its a TM thing and I dont like them as a brand but I am interested in this technology.
 
Still don't understand the point of "jacking" the lofts
Golfers (generalisation) struggle to hit a 21* 3 iron so why drop the loft to 18 all thats going to happen is it gets taken out of the bag and probably the 4 iron too and to get replaced by a wedge to fill the gap created at the other end of the bag and a 21* hybrid!

I understand that the number of the bottom of the club is only a reference to where it is in relation to the other clubs in the bag but you'll still end up with idiots showing off that they just hit an 8 iron the same distance as a decent golfer hit their 7!
 
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cookelad said:
Still don't understand the point of "jacking" the lofts except as a penis extension!

Golfers (generalisation) struggle to hit a 21* 3 iron so why drop the loft to 18 all thats going to happen is it gets taken out of the bag and probably the 4 iron too and to get replaced by a wedge to fill the gap created at the other end of the bag and a 21* hybrid!

I understand that the number of the bottom of the club is only a reference to where it is in relation to the other clubs in the bag but you'll still end up with idiots showing off that they just hit an 8 iron the same distance as a decent golfer hit their 7!
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It's like Murph said

GI clubs launch the ball higher, quicker. They jack the lofts to, I assume, give to give them a little extra carry?
 
cookelad said:
Still don't understand the point of "jacking" the lofts except as a penis extension!

Golfers (generalisation) struggle to hit a 21* 3 iron so why drop the loft to 18 all thats going to happen is it gets taken out of the bag and probably the 4 iron too and to get replaced by a wedge to fill the gap created at the other end of the bag and a 21* hybrid!

I understand that the number of the bottom of the club is only a reference to where it is in relation to the other clubs in the bag but you'll still end up with idiots showing off that they just hit an 8 iron the same distance as a decent golfer hit their 7!
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Murph touched on in above...
 
I look forward to Mark Crossfields review as he does have an iron in his possession as we type. Can't wait to see how much mud, dirt, and so on gets in the ermmmm hole as well.
 
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DAVEYBOY said:
I look forward to Mark Crossfields review as he does have an iron in his possession as we type. Can't wait to see how much mud, dirt, crap and so on gets in the ermmmm hole as well.
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Yep, I have been asking him about it for weeks!
 
cookelad said:
Still sounds counter-productive to me! create a club that launches higher then drop the loft!
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If it launches higher then you need to lower the lofts to stop the ball going up your nose.
The GI clubs are designed to get the ball up, launch high.
Take a 7 iron blade with 34 degree loft and a GI shovel with 31 degree loft.
If the GI 7 iron had 34 loft it would disappear into the stratosphere. By lowering the loft it makes the club more playable and, yes, you also get more distance from it.

I'd still like to know what the distance gap is between the 7 iron RBladz and the 8 iron as the 8 iron up doesn't have the slot. Need for a 7.5 iron?
 
brendy said:
Exactly, the numbers used to mean something, these days it is much simpler, 6 goes longer than a 7, 5 goes longer than a 6 etc.
Imagine turning up with a hire set on holiday and shooting for greens and putting them OOB beyond each time. lol the carnage!
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Exactly what I did this year with a set of Callaway RAZR Irons. 1st hole, 130 to go, PW in hand after a cracking drive, flew the green by about 30 yards. Admittedly it was a lot warmer so the ball probably flew a bit further as well. :mad:

Although on the plus side, did give me some pleasure hitting my 7i 190-200 :D. Even though I knew it 'wasn't real'.
 
Imurg said:
I'd still like to know what the distance gap is between the 7 iron RBladz and the 8 iron as the 8 iron up doesn't have the slot. Need for a 7.5 iron?
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Very good point, if it is so powerful then the gap will be huge!
 
DAVEYBOY said:
I look forward to Mark Crossfields review as he does have an iron in his possession as we type. Can't wait to see how much mud, dirt, and so on gets in the ermmmm hole as well.
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Had a fitting with Mark this afternoon, I should have asked for a go.

Still, happy with my final choice of 825 pro's :cool:
 
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