Aldila VS specs

[wahoowa2002]

Has anybody either hit the new VS proto "By You" or know enough about the specs to answer these questions:

 

How is the spin compared to the NV and the V2?

 

What about launch angle compared to these two?

 

Or even better--has anyone hit it in a 905R?

[StaffBag]

Has anyone AT ALL out there tried this shaft?!!

 

I can't believe that this posting has been sitting here with no replies to it yet!!

[binneguru]

i have not tried it. I considered it but went with the diamana instead.

[chisag]

Reprinted excerpts from an earlier review:

 

... 905R 10.5* with a VS Proto s flex installed with 2" insertion. All of us have hit bombs with someone else’s driver, and sometimes with our own. But a huge bomb is not what golf is about. In fact, I think they are more detrimental to our swing/game than consistent drives. You know the one i mean, that one drive where you reached a 285 -335 yard par 4 in one? Then swung outta your shoes tryin to duplicate that prodigious feat, resulting in some of your worst drives? Although the 905R/VS Proto did produce some huge bombs that I was very happy about, they were the result of perfect timing and dead center contact, not an effort to really kill it. You can hit this head right in the center of the face with outstanding results. A little higher up is even a hair better, but you don’t need to hit the top of the clubhead like many of the new drivers. I found the 10.5* to play very similar to the 10.5* 905T. Where this combo really excels is “average” drives. I hit the ball longer by 10+ yards on average, which is really the attribute that matters most. The VS Proto 70 produces lower spin than the NV, a high launch that has max carry, yet hits the ground runnin. I was able to hit this combo high and low, pulling off some knockdown shots into a 40+ mph wind. With today’s low spin balls, heads and shafts are designed to go straight, so I do not even attempt to “work” the ball from side to side. But under pressure, holding on a fraction longer did produce a gentle fade that took the left side outta play. The 905R/VS Proto does everything I asked and produced the best 5 days of driving I can remember at any time in my golfing career. Low spin, high launch. Amen.

 

… Since last fall I have played the FT-3 Tour, 580xd TP, R5TP, 600TC and the J33R 460. None of them comes close other than the bridgestone which outperforms the 905r in distance but the J33r 460 is a bit less forgiving and really likes high face contact and i am more comfortable with a slightly shallower face and and just above center contact. the 905R/VS Proto 70 looks great, feels awesome, wants to go straight AND it’s the most consistently long combo I have ever hit.

 

*TECHNICAL aspects of the VS Proto:

 

… I don’t know how anyone can consider a new shaft without knowing the technology that goes into it, but I guess some just ain’t interested. for those that are:

 

1) First the Nano tubes. They are VERY small. Their job is to strengthen, stiffen and reduce weight in a composite laminate. Period. They don’t “align carbon fibers” or “optimize stiffness distribution” or “create a tighter molecular structure” “or reduce voids”… they do create a feel that is very distinctive. It is almost like the entire shaft flexes as opposed to a high, mid or low flex. I find it a very pleasing feel, and amazingly accurate. A shaft that correctly uses nano tubes is very, very tight. By correctly, I refer to a uniform distribution as opposed to sprinkling some here or there. They are not cheap, and some will try and capitalize on this new buzz word by incorporating them into a small section of the shaft.

2) Micro Laminate Technology. Quite simply, Aldila uses many more layers (approx. 20 compared to 7 or 8) which creates a more uniform flex and feel. With 20 ends of very thin wraps around the circumference of the shaft, as compared to 7 thicker wraps with more pronounced spines, you can see where the consistency comes from. I think this was a major breakthrough in shaft technology and there are more companies jumping on the bandwagon.

3) Proprietary A65 Performance Resin and Advanced Ultra-High Modulus Graphite Fibers. Aldila is using a more expensive adhesion together with a new graphite fiber that increases feel and performance. All i know is it works for me.

 

… combined together these three improvements have Aldila very excited about 06. I can honestly say the VS Proto is the best feeling and best performing shaft I have ever hit. I love every thing about it, even the color. Kinda like the 3 bears. For my swing, the nv was just a hair too stiff in the tip, the nvs was a little too soft, and the protopype had great feel, but was too difficult to load for a 105mph swinger. Imo, the overall profile and playability of the VS Proto 70 is closest to the NV with less spin, but combines the best of all three Aldila shafts. The silky smooth feel of the NV, the slightly softer flex of the NVS and the incredible accuracy of the nano tube protopype. Add the new resin and high modulus fibers with very low torque, and I just don’t know what else you can ask from a shaft.

[StaffBag]

Interresting!!! Very, very interresting!

 

I'll have to get one and try it in my 9.5S 7.5*

 

 

How does this shaft compare to the ACCRA? The ACCRA SC 65 is a more stout (stiff) shaft than the VS Proto "by you", I would imagine?

[chisag]

Interresting!!! Very, very interresting! I'll have to get one and try it in my 9.5S 7.5* How does this shaft compare to the ACCRA? The ACCRA SC 65 is a more stout (stiff) shaft than the VS Proto "by you", I would imagine?

 

... i have only hit the accra sc in a net, and it felt quite a bit stiffer. the vs proto "feels" less stiff, but does not play that way at all. people are amazed it feels "looser" than it plays. kinda like swinging a stiff ys6 with x ys7 results.