xxio Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 I just picked up a BBD Type H 5+ (18 loft) with a Tourspec 661. I'm just wondering what the + means. I know Callaway does the "+" to indicate smaller head/square face angle, but all the type Hs I know of are square face angle anyway. I really didn't need another fw but at $90 8/10. I figured what the heck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Some manufacturers place a "+" designation after the FW number to indicate a stronger loft than standard. For example a typical 3 wood is 14 or 15* but Tourstage's 3+ FW is 13.5*. So in this case I think RC is just saying it's a strong 5 wood at 18* rather than RC's typical 20* loft for a 5 wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxio Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Thank you Gocchin. Fountain of info as usual :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffer19 Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Some manufacturers place a "+" designation after the FW number to indicate a stronger loft than standard. For example a typical 3 wood is 14 or 15* but Tourstage's 3+ FW is 13.5*. So in this case I think RC is just saying it's a strong 5 wood at 18* rather than RC's typical 20* loft for a 5 wood. Do I dare to disagree with Gocchin? Well, I would anyway as RC 5 wood designation is for 18 degrees and not 20. 20 degree is their 7 wood. I find no '+' designation in the RC site for BBD Type H II FW (could be for the orignial discontinued Type H). RC typically designate FW by degree since they make so many different lofts. My newly constructed CV Pro just have 14 degrees without any 'wood' designation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Do I dare to disagree with Gocchin? Well, I would anyway as RC 5 wood designation is for 18 degrees and not 20. 20 degree is their 7 wood. I find no '+' designation in the RC site for BBD Type H II FW (could be for the orignial discontinued Type H). RC typically designate FW by degree since they make so many different lofts. My newly constructed CV Pro just have 14 degrees without any 'wood' designation. RC unfortunately can be all over the place sometimes with their wood designations. For example their new FD Fairway has a 5 wood listed as 20* and 4 wood at 18* then three different 3 woods at 14, 15 and 16*. Also he is hitting the Type H not Type H II which indeed does have the + designation for stronger woods, a 4+, 5+ 7+ and 9+. ^_^: http://www.royalcollection.co.jp/newproduc...item_id=0005_01 It's okay R, you can disagree with me sometimes, I'm not always right and still learning as well, but this time I was right. (^_^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEasy Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 The RC's standard loft for 5 wood with this particular model (i.e., Type-H) is 19*. 18* is 5+ (strong 5) and 17* is 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxio Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Thank you for the link to the specs. Looks like this one has been rehsfted with a 661 to 42.25" which is .5" longer than stock. Swingweight by my computation should be D5sh then. I'll check later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Thank you for the link to the specs. Anytime my friend, that's what I'm here for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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