LD Question

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StraitishShoote

Dad's Rack Boy
Hello,

I've been doing some reading lately about LD shafts and the different ones on the market. One thing I read stated that reducing the tip diameter helped decrease deflection more efficiently than coring out a shaft and replacing with a less dense material. In my head this makes sense, and I realize most LD shafts on the market do both from what I've seen.

What I'm wondering is, generally how would a regular maple or laminated shaft at a small diameter of say 11 or 11.5mm compare to a LD shaft of a larger more standard diameter (12.75-13mm). I know it will be hard to answer this exactly but wondering if a reagular/laminated shaft that's almost 2mm thinner than a thicker LD shaft that's been cored somehow would be similar in deflection reduction.

Just realized I wrote more than I planned.

Thanks for you thoughts,

Nathan
 
Well Nate,

Going LD is simply a lessening of front-end mass.
How you get there is up to you. Removing wood (inside or outside or both),
removing plastic (or going to a lighter form) and modifying flex characteristics
should all result in less deflection though the correct term is 'squirt'.
The QB squirts away from the tip and the tip deflects off of the QB
so actually you want to increase deflection characteristics (to lessen squirt).
Yeah, I know, political correctness.

As far as being hard to answer your question, you're right.
You're right because there are a plethora of variables.
No two pcs of wood are exactly the same for starters.
You could duplicate ferrule wght., tip wght. but it all comes back to the wood.

I'll ask you to consider carefully how you go about seeking LD.
Would what you attempt compromise the 'hit'? Hit is more important than what you might think.
All of the top manufacturers of LD shafts have accomplished their LD goal.
They're all pretty close to reducing (squirt) as much as it can be reduced.
It's physics.
It's also like Top Fuel Drag Racing.
They could still make more HP but they can't use it effectively given track & tires.
For them to cut a hundredths of a second now a days is HUGE. Again, it's the physics.

Back to the hit. Since the top shafts are all squirting the QB to a similar degree,
what's now driving the difference in sales is the 'hit' of each different shaft.

So, whatever it is that you're contemplating doing to your shaft, also consider that
it be reversible because almost anything you do to a shaft will change the hit.

HTHs, KJ
 
LD shafts were discussed here not too long ago.
Search might be helpful for you.
Gary
 
Thank you both for the quick replies. I've read a lot of the stuff on here talking about the different LD shafts that are available. I've tried out a few of them after talking to people. I just couldn't remember anything comparing the LD properties of a normal shaft of a smaller diameter to a larger diameter LD shaft.
 
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