Vegaman Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 The new Yonex blades in the pro shop says "hybrid titanium" construction, but isn't it supposed to be "Tungsten hybrid construction"? Putting Ti in the sole of the head would hardly move the weight lower, quite the opposite I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Logical assumption sir. Curious to know as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 The new Yonex blades in the pro shop says "hybrid titanium" construction, but isn't it supposed to be "Tungsten hybrid construction"? Putting Ti in the sole of the head would hardly move the weight lower, quite the opposite I guess? It's actually a Titanium blend that is heavier than forged carbon not tungsten. Ti is usually much lighter but somehow this blend is heavier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuramaniac Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Why would they use titanium to make it heavier when titanium is so light AND hard to work with? Doesn't sound real smart, I must say. "Hey, let's use some Ti to make it light and sound cool and expensive, then mix in a bunch of tungsten, etc to make it heavier that the steel it replaces." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 No idea to be honest, it sounds backwards but could be a simple explanation of where they needed the weight. perhaps tungsten would have been too small to add 18g so they made a blend to distribute the 18g over a wider area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaaayelll Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I haven't read enough about them, but I think Chris is right: By blending the metals, the weight that the tungsten insert replaces is lesser, thereby increasing the net effect of adding the tungsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerobound Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I believe that the new titanium material is less dense than the surrounding, heavier forged steel and helps moves the CG low as well as back farther. This iron, Yonex claims to be the most forgiving MB design. I think this one is looks like trying to get close to a cavity back launch and forgiveness as possible without giving up that MB appearance. I think the filling will provide a solid feedback rather than than a hollow feel. Only one way to find out... I'm interested to see how it will feel. Also, Yonex is supposed to let us know of all of their custom shaft options after the Golf Fair. I was just talking to one of my club builder friends about this one and we're trying to figure out all the details and science behind this, but that's what we got so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankopotamus Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) I believe that the new titanium material is less dense than the surrounding, heavier forged steel and helps moves the CG low as well as back farther. This iron, Yonex claims to be the most forgiving MB design. I think this one is looks like trying to get close to a cavity back launch and forgiveness as possible without giving up that MB appearance. I think the filling will provide a solid feedback rather than than a hollow feel. Only one way to find out... I'm interested to see how it will feel. Also, Yonex is supposed to let us know of all of their custom shaft options after the Golf Fair. I was just talking to one of my club builder friends about this one and we're trying to figure out all the details and science behind this, but that's what we got so far. So basically an attempt at perimeter weighting/increasing moi with an mb design. Interesting. Edited January 28, 2014 by Shankopotamus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Now, after looking at the details in the pro shop there is "2014 MB Tungsten Core" written in large letters just at the beginning of the Japanese language info. So, what is it? Ti Or Tungsten? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops1967 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Tungsten is roughly twice as dense as steel - useful in darts, but not much use in a golf club head that even with steel tends to the smaller side of things... Titanium on the other hand, does make sense. Even then they manage to contradict themselves:- "- Newly designed titanium filled core (18grams of titanium) at the bottom of the club for lower CG." - errrm, no. If you put lower density titanium at the bottom, it doesn't take a rocker scientist to realise the COG would be higher. A mistranslation or purely some marketing wallah with no idea whatsoever about what he's saying combined with bad wording. Titanium at the core, allowing more steel to be placed at the bottom thus lowering the COG etc etc. They do get it correct later:- " titanium filled core allows for 18 grams of less dense titanium material to fill the center. By putting titanium between a forged head, it has allowed the CG to be brought down and moved farther back" - put the lighter density titanium at the centre, and you do indeed allow more heavy steel to be placed lower, so that makes sense I think we can safely say the "Tungsten Core" next to the picture is just a massive, and rather embarassing, mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 It's a blend of tungsten & titanium that is heavier than steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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