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[Walkerjames]

My question is I am putting a new shaft in my 3 wood and I have a NV 65 stiff flex and I was wondering about tip trimming I mostly use it off the deck . If I don't trim the tip will it help to get the ball flight a little higher?

[Maverickping]

My question is I am putting a new shaft in my 3 wood and I have a NV 65 stiff flex and I was wondering about tip trimming I mostly use it off the deck . If I don't trim the tip will it help to get the ball flight a little higher?

 

Tipping it one inch will jump the flex up to an X flex. What you should looking for is something with a different kickpoint to get it up if you're concerned. Many things to consider, your swing speed etc and how you load the shaft etc. best move is to get into a qualified fitter. No guessing after seeing them.

[JMiller]

My question is I am putting a new shaft in my 3 wood and I have a NV 65 stiff flex and I was wondering about tip trimming I mostly use it off the deck . If I don't trim the tip will it help to get the ball flight a little higher?

 

Tip trimming increases flex and lowers ball flight slightly.

 

If you are wanting a stiffer flex it is normally better to buy the stiffer flex then tip it 1" where the flex might be the same in terms of CPMs. The 1" tip will have a lot different profile then the non-tipped shaft would even though the CPMs are the same.

[Walkerjames]

Tip trimming increases flex and lowers ball flight slightly.

 

If you are wanting a stiffer flex it is normally to buy the stiffer flex then tip it 1" where the flex might be the same in terms of CPMs. The 1" tip will have a lot different profile then the non-tipped shaft would even though the SPMs are the same.

Thanks Jmiller!

[Walkerjames]

Tipping it one inch will jump the flex up to an X flex. What you should looking for is something with a different kickpoint to get it up if you're concerned. Many things to consider, your swing speed etc and how you load the shaft etc. best move is to get into a qualified fitter. No guessing after seeing them.

Thanks Maverick!

[McGolf]

Thanks Maverick!

THe fairway wood head being heavier than a driver head will make the shaft react as if it were more flexible. Most likely by about a flex. That said the NV is a stiff tip type shaft and placing in the FW head as is will make it slightly more forgiving from a try to get the ball higher perspective.

Traditionally, one would trim a shaft about an inch to place it in a FW However if you are a feel player it will feel light and might lose it in the back swing.

[sai-jin]

Another thing you may want to consider is a change of shaft.

 

If I may suggest for you to try a Miyazaki Kusala White 61gram S-Flex, it will help kick the ball up. It's a very stable shaft and much cheaper than the typical $350 shafts.

If the white feels a little too soft, you can tip trim by 1" to turn it into a Kusala Silver almost.

 

I currently use an R11s head with Fubuki Alpha 70g and I'm going to start using RBZ Tour head with Kusala White myself since the flight is much better and higher to land

balls on greens.

[RookieBlue7]

You're actually supposed to tip trim most shafts to get to the proper flex when building a fairway. This is to stiffen it up to account for the added head weight to make it react as it would with a 200 gram driver head untipped (shafts, most of the time are build around a 200 gram head weight). You'd want to contact the manufacturer or check manufacturer's tipping specs. Aldila, if I'm not mistaken, recommends 1 inch of tipping regardless of fairway loft for their shafts.

 

To answer your original question, yes, it'll launch higher if you don't tip it. It'll also play weak to flex and you'll have control issues. Instead, I'd recommend a different shaft to raise flight. If you're wanting to stay in the same shaft family, I'd say NVS or DVS dependent upon how much higher you want it to launch. The NV is their lowest launching shaft outside of the Protopype. I play one in my 13* strong 3 wood and a Protopype in a 17* fairway at times.

[Walkerjames]

You're actually supposed to tip trim most shafts to get to the proper flex when building a fairway. This is to stiffen it up to account for the added head weight to make it react as it would with a 200 gram driver head untipped (shafts, most of the time are build around a 200 gram head weight). You'd want to contact the manufacturer or check manufacturer's tipping specs. Aldila, if I'm not mistaken, recommends 1 inch of tipping regardless of fairway loft for their shafts.

 

To answer your original question, yes, it'll launch higher if you don't tip it. It'll also play weak to flex and you'll have control issues. Instead, I'd recommend a different shaft to raise flight. If you're wanting to stay in the same shaft family, I'd say NVS or DVS dependent upon how much higher you want it to launch. The NV is their lowest launching shaft outside of the Protopype. I play one in my 13* strong 3 wood and a Protopype in a 17* fairway at times.

Thanks Rookie!