Taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver 2nd swing golf. Does adjusting a rbz driver loft change face angle. Adjustments on taylormade rbz driver page 2 jun 19, 2012 adjustments on taylormade rbz driver page 2 subscribe search this thread i just purchased the rbz driver and i searched the net learning to tune it. Title charlie rymer demonstrates what happens when you change your loft on an adjustable driver. Taylormade is constantly pushing the limits of innovation, working to give you more speed, more distance and more accuracy every time you tee it up. The latest feature of the rbz stage 2 driver is taylormades loftsleeve technology.
The taylormade rocketballz driver features taylormades flight control technology fct in a large 460cc head for any player looking for maximum distance and forgiveness. The taylormade rbz rocketballz tour driver is similar in features to the standard rbz driver so it has the adjustable hosel and the same white paint job. Tony covey unless youve been in a coma for the last couple of months, the announcement of new woods from taylormade, specifically the r1 driver and rbz stage 2 series woods came as anything but a surprise. The tour rescue has similar characteristics to the rbz fairway wood and is an easy choice if you want to pick up some distance and forgiveness in this area of your game. I just got a rocketballz stage 2 driver, and it has the ability to adjust the loft. Jul 22, 20 the rbz stage 2 driver will also be available in a tour model. I have hit the rbz tour driver on the course for 2 rounds and yes it feels desent. I recently purchased the taylormade rbz driver and while it advertises 8 settings for lie, loft, and face angle with the shaft, only 4 of them are labeled. For some testers, this meant that one or both of the stage 2 drivers performed better than the r1. Taylormade rocketballz driver to bond or not to bond. Find your flight the 4 loft sleeve allows you to adjust the loft, lie and face angle of the m5 driver. Bigger face and better aerodynamics for more distance.
Nov 18, 2012 for one its a swing issue not an equipment issue two if you must try and fix it with the club set it to draw mode which is simply a closed face which puts the opposite spin direction on the ball of that of a fade i. M4 vs m2 vs sldr vs rbz stage 2 the new taylormade rocketballz stage ii driver features an element of adjustability, enhanced aerodynamics and great performance for less than. While taylormades claims do not specifically address expectations for nontour speed golfers, with data from all testers considered, m2s distance advantage is 7. At address it has a more rounded head and it sits behind the ball very nicely and the white headblack face colour scheme makes it very easy to align. A thickthin crown design creates a lower center of gravity, which promotes higher launch for more distance. Its a great looking club at address, but its like buying a car, it can look like a dream, but if the engine is not working at least for me it was not, its a lemon. Learn more about the topsellers in our taylormade driver line. I actually use the rbz adaptors on my replacement shafts for the supertri, which can knock my 8. Head the head of the rbz driver is a large titanium alloy with a lofted sleeve to enhance ball trajectory.
Here are the standard specifications for the taylormade rbz driver. An ultralite titanium core strategically positions weight to the perimeter to heighten moi and. It did not take long to adjust to the difference when upgrading and i will not go back to the rbz. The taylormade drivers in this collection feature lofts from 9 degrees up to. New taylormade rocketballz drivers are fast, lightweight. New to taylormade in 2012 is the rocketballz driver. This lowers spin, giving higherspeed players the flatter trajectory they need to maximize carry and roll. Aug 16, 2016 at tourlevel ball speeds, the m2 fairway wood was 12. I have the tour 3 hybrid set at 19 it is a perfect gap filler and consistently hits 220225 yards. The rbz has a 460cc head and uses a graphite shaft. The taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver is built for golfers who want the high forgiveness of the original rocketballz driver coupled with faster swing speeds, more distance and more adjustability. While surveying a select few top 100 fitters, we found this driver. The introduction of the slot allowed taylormade engineers to place weight elsewhere in the clubhead. The rbz stage 2 tour driver uses the same head shape as the.
The stage 2 also has an updated adjustability component. The rbz black driver has a full line of features, including an adjustable hosel for loft adjustments, and taylormades famed speed pocket for incredible increased ball speeds on balls struck on the lower portion of the face. The 4degree loft sleeve allows you to adjust loft, lie, and face angle of the m5 m5 tour drivers. The rbz stage 2 drivers have larger faces and different center of gravity positions than taylormades pricer, more adjustable r1 driver. This driver was used in a few competitive tournaments during my time on the taylormade staff. Apart from a different stock shaft matrix 6q3 or 7q3 tp, the primary difference is the placement of weight.
The rbz black fairway and rbz black rescue will fall right in line with the performance youd expect from taylormade. Numbers dont lie but during club wars the rbz was my most consistent driver in all categories we were testing distance, spin, club speed and control. Taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver hurricane golf. Features selling points aside, the clubs were nothing short of the. How do you fix a slice with a taylormade rbz driver. Healthcare administration study guide fbla rocketballz tuning guide. It costs almost half the amount that other premium titanium drivers.
Previously, the shaft sleeve only allowed you an upright and standard lie setting, and then club face positions. You can adjust almost everything on the driver to be better fitted to your swing. An expansive clubface results in a confidencebuilding club that you know you can bomb off the tee. I have played with it twice, and worked with it at the driving range.
Its lightweight and very well made, offering moderate forgiveness and maximum distance. Remarkably, the new rbz drivers, which are packed with performance and will be played by pga tour stars camilo. Jason day, who has a swing speed of 120 miles per hour, uses a 10. Each loft sleeve has 12 positions to finetune your ball flight. Therefore, the club head is actually bonded or glued to the shaft and cannot be adjusted like the original. Once the screw is removed, rotate the shaft to the appropriate setting by reading the numbers on the bottom of the shaft. I have been looking around online and cannot find anywhere that gives a breakdown on what each setting specifically does. Again, this is all done to make a larget sweet spot on the. How adjustable drivers can fix your swing flaw golf digest.
There are two ways to adjust the driver face and head the loft sleeve and ytrack. Loftsleeve gives you 7 standard and 5 upright loft options to better suit your playing style. Taylormade is an undisputed industry leader in golf equipment, offering a complete product line with innovative design and technologybased product for golfers of all skill levels. For me, this club gives me less distance and less control than my ping g25 does. Taylormade has a large presence on the pga tour as well as most competitive international tours. The standard model is designed with a slight draw bias, while the tour model has a neutrally placed center of gravity. My old hybrid is great, but i hit it around that 205 yardage and i now need something around 220. The stage 2 has a little more pop but the rbz was slightly more accurate. Each taylormade rocketballz rbz tour driver comes fitted with a rbz superfast matrix ozik xcon 6 graphite shaft. Find golf club tradein and resales values for over 4,000 models of used golf clubs at the pga value guide, from leading manufacturers such as callaway, taylormade, taylor made, titleist, ping, odyssey, nike, cleveland, mizuno, cobra, adams, wilson. However, the best hybrid club in the world wont help you if you cant adjust the club to fit your personal golfing preferences. It pretty much comes down to your budget on this specific club, as both are really nice drivers and can do the job. Again, the rbz tour is not the only variable in the equation but i have to say it is the longest driver i have ever played.
What club adjustments to the loft and the face angle should i make to correct a slice. Basically, the new rbz driver is a fixed hosel version of the original rbz driver. Gw caught up with sergio garcia, jason day, martin kaymer and retief goosen as they all give you their tips on how to use the new. Ended up trading it in for a rbz tour head which is a lower spin face. I provide screenshots from their manual for each and a link to the manual the loftsleeve allows you to adjust more than loft. It cant really be filled with 1 club so i needed to find a longer hybrid. Taylormade also had the first titanium golf driver in the winners circle of a golf major mark omeara, 1998 masters, ti. The rbz stage 2 was the preferred choice of our test team over the r1. Aug 25, 2015 set the driver to the highest loft and youll see a closed face. The taylormade rocketballz tour driver features taylormades flight control technology fct in a large 460cc head for any player looking for maximum distance and forgiveness. A tour version of both the fairway woods and the hybrids adds an adjustable hosel similar to the rbz stage 2 driver that allows loft to be tweaked plus or minus 1. The rbz stage 2 driver also allows you to choose a more upright lie setting where the loft can also be changed in the same fashion.
The taylormade rocketballz stage 2 fairway wood is pretty much the same rbz fairway that you know and love from before with a wider speed pocket in the sole. Taylormade men rbz black driver is a unique product that comes with uptodate technology and also gives a tour level result. This week i bought the rbz and was wondering the same. How to adjust taylormade rocketballz driver youtube. The rbz stage 2 driver will also be available in a tour model.
The rbz stage 2 tour driver provides a penetrating trajectory and more. This is coming from someone who was never a tm fan previously and always liked the idea of a ping driver in the bag. While surveying a select few top 100 fitters, we found this driver to float to the top slot in late year polling. One 0f the benefits are decreased spin on shots hit lower in the face. Flight control technology fct allows you to tune your launch angle by increasing or decreasing the rbz tour drivers loft by 1. Theres a reason that its cheaper than the r1, however. This means that the ball speed off the face is increased and taylormade say that this should go on average 10 yards further than the original rocketballz fairway.
Aug 23, 20 adjust the loft on a taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver. Oct 05, 20 the biggest difference between the stage 2 and the original rbz seems to be the improved aerodynamics which reduced drag to increase club speed, resulting in more distance. Taylormade rocketballz tour driver pga value guide. Can i adjust the shaft of the driver, or does it have a wrench for adjusting. Engineered to provide aggressive styling and powerful performance, the rbz black driver features a large, 460cc titanium head construction for playability and confidence. Rbz driver adjustment guide base of downloads sierra wireless nmea port pmc card. Adjust the loft of your taylormade driver to maximize your driving distance and spin by using the driver wrench to loosen the screw directly beneath the clubs shaft. This is where the rbz stage 2 hybrid fits perfectly. Now, if i can just find a way to get the sound of the rbz tour muted. Tom olsavsky, taylormades senior director of product creation, explains the design philosophies and engineering that went into making the. December 31, 2011 taylormade golf company has introduce a revolutionary new driver franchise called rocketballz rbz which combines speed, adjustability and two unique clubhead options rocketballz and rocketballz tour designed to appeal to a wide range of players. Syskonnect sk9e91 baselx dual port server adapter, pci64 taylormade rbz driver adjustment you can taylormade rbz driver adjustment 2.
Aug 20, 2012 taylormade has notably been the leader in drivers out on tour and in retail shops. Hybrid golf clubs allow for very accurate long shots from the rough, often exceeding the performance of traditional long irons. For a tour model, this club is playable for everyone. Adjustments on taylormade rbz driver mar 15, 2012 i recently purchased the taylormade rbz driver and while it advertises 8 settings for lie, loft, and face angle with the shaft, only 4 of them are labeled. Adjustments on taylormade rbz driver clubs, grips, shafts. Experience the next generation of rbz with the taylormade rbz black driver. Ive worked really hard to try and fix my swing faults to solve the problem, but i need to emphasise that this is the only club where this is a real issue. Expansive 4,100 squaremillimeter clubface gives the golfer substantially more face area than the original rocketballz driver. But overall i did not like this model of driver as it was too high of a spin and balloned, likely due to the shaft and higher spin of this driver face. And taylormade barely even threatened to sue us this year written by. Eight fct positions allow you to tune the loft in accurate increments. If that sounds like a step backwards to you, given the adjustability popularity that has taken over the driver category this season and figures to. Even with the fct i could not get the ball to turn right to left consistently and it drove me nuts.
If its a 10 degree driver, it will always be 10 degrees, no matter how you twist it. Once warmed up and on the vector ball launch monitor i was very pleased at the overall aesthetics and performance of the rocketballz stage 2. You can adjust almost everything on the driver to be better fitted. When taylormade launched the r9 family of drivers, they talked about hosel adjustments in terms of left and right, i. You can adjust the loft to varying degrees between 8 and 12. Some will not care for the graphics, and the sound isnt as muted on the non tour model as some others we tested.
This listing features an rbz stage 2 tour driver set at 9 and equipped with an authentic matrix rul 60 in stiff flex and a matching taylormade logo grip. Thankfully taylormade have reduced the length of the shaft by half an inch. Taylormades fct allows players to easily adjust the loft 1. You can adjust the loft to varying degrees between 8 and. The taylormade rbz black driver is using uptodate technology and produces tour level results, but at half the cost or less than most other premium titanium drivers. Apr 19, 20 the rbz stage 2 tour driver uses the same head shape as the nontour model, but changes in taylormades tooling allowed engineers to move the cg lower and more forward. Unfollow taylormade rbz driver to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Dec, 2011 the taylormade rbz rocketballz driver succeeds the burner superfast 2. This process saved three grams of weight, making the clubhead even faster through impact.
Taylormade introduced the first steelheaded woods in golf, and they have been on the leading edge of technological innovation in the golf industry ever since. Basically, the new hammerhead slot is designed to help create greater ball speed over a larger area of the face. Because todays drivers launch with much less spin, even players who swing fast use more loft. Set it to the lowest loft and the face will be open. Taylormade has notably been the leader in drivers out on tour and in retail shops. Hybrid clubs are a newer type of club, patented in 2003 and made widely available shortly after that. How to adjust the rocketballz driver by iacas, november 2 in golf talk. Tips for changing your loft on an adjustable driver golf. The rbz tour is extremely forgiving on miss hits and sounds and feels fantastic when you make solid contact.
The only difference between the r11s and rbz adaptors is the color. Firstly the shaft is an inch shorter and is a much stiffer and better quality matrix shaft than the standard version, but this comes at a price. Finally, the taylormade rbz stage 2 driver is completed with a fujikura rocketfuel shaft and lightweight grip. Adjust the loft on a taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver. While the r11s family seems to receive most of the tmag driver buzz, we are looking towards the rocketballz driver to be the 2012 darkhorse of the year. Besides the price, one of the best things about the rocketballz driver is how easy it. Inverted cone technology has been milled directly into the back of the club face, making the sweet spot bigger for more forgiveness on offcentre strikes. How to hit the ball then the turf with your irons duration.
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