The Aldila RIP Beta, green eyes, has the same shaft geometry as the RIP Alpha from Butt to Mid. The tip is softer, yielding a higher launch aldila rip beta golf shafts spin. In the. The RIP Beta has a slightly softer tip flex for mid launch · Features Aldila's patent-pending RIP Technology (Reverse Interlaminar Placement) which features. shaft that will provide the necessary stability and resistance-to-twisting that will keep that player's golf ball in play. I have RIP 80a shafts. Hi Marc, We have a pretty stringent shaft testing protocol and the RIP beta 60 has not yet passed that testing and is not offered.
The Aldila RIP was introduced to the golf consumer in RIP stands for reverse interlaminar placement. Meaning, some of the bias plies that create torque were moved from the placement near the mandral to the outside of the shaft walls. The longitudinal plies, that create stiffness were sandwiched between the bias plies.
This reconfiguration increased torque and hoop strength, creating a more stable shaft with a different feel. It is one of the few shafts that lose stiffness toward the tip will holding low torque. The 70g version is a good shaft for creating mid to high launch fairways. With the introduction of the RIP line of shafts, Aldila began putting torque numbers on the label. With the 60 gram versions we found the torque numbers a little higher than our system, while the 70 gram versions we quite similar to our measurements.
The radial profiles are very good, the shafts can be installed in any orientation. The RIP comes in three versions. A Greek letter on the shaft indicates the version. The color of the eyes in the logo changes on each version. Super Tuna said:. I believe you have those numbers backwards. The Cobra Blur rolls in at 5.
Torque generally is the least important number when it comes to shafts though since no one seems to measure it the same way. You should definately be getting a higher launch from the S3 with the Beta then the Cleveland with the Proto. The cobra is a higher launching head and the Beta mid to high is a higher launch shaft then the Proto Low to mid.
Are you finding the RIP to launch higher then the Blur and you don't want this. Aldila rip beta golf shafts Ratfink: Generally lower torque means the shaft has less feel and is harder to load properly but that's not a hard and fast rule. A Kai'li is a super easy shaft to load due to it's flex profile yet has a a mid range torque rating 3.
The Ahina's torque is only a bit lower 3. The flex profile is much more important but knowing the flex profile and the torque can generally give one a better idea as to how it will play before trying it in theory. Just wanted to ask here. My swing speed averages between on a good day. I'm looking at the Alpha and Beta versions of these shafts, after hitting the Beta in a Superfast 2.
Now I've been playing a stiff shaft in my current driver, and was thinking of upgrading to an X-stiff flex on a RIP shaft. Unfortunately none of my local stores have anything with an X flex for me to try on any club. Can anyone who has a SS similar to mine comment on whether the extra-stiff would be a better choice over the stiff for me?
I have a really good deal on these shafts staring me in the face, I just have to choose the flex. MizunoMP New member. Got lucky and got out of work early today. Went for a drive across the border and out to Carl's Golfland. They had an R11 in their used section with a Beta extra stiff in it.
I hit that for a while, and will be going with the extra-stiff. It felt a lot better than the stiff flex one I was trying, and it was keeping the ball a touch lower than the stiff. Ideal for what I wanted it to do. I'm still a bit surprised that I like this shaft so much since the last Aldila shaft I had was NV and I really really was not a fan.
Same sickly green colour. Made all the difference in the world. Marengo New member. Do these shafts play softer than what they are labeled. I am just curious to see if they are all like that or if I got a bad one. I had one made and it was supposed to be a regular flex. I had it tested and it came out to be about a 4. I am not even sure I can tip it enough to turn it into an R flex.
Does anyone know what the maximum amount is that you can tip this shaft. The Beta to me is higher launching than its "brothers and sisters" in the line, but overall still mid to high. I have tried to fall in love with the Aldila RIP shafts like others have, but I just do not care for them as much as others.
Esox New member. JB said:. I am trying to compare this shaft to the Blur in the S3 I hit at the outing. I noticed this shaft has a torque of 5. Now can someone tell me what that means. RatFink Carnivore. Canadan said:. Pretty sure the higher the torque in the shaft, the higher the trajectory is..
And the 'softer' the shaft feels. So in that scenario, the blur would be substantially lower in trajectory. Lukey New member. I'm a huge Aldila RIP fan. I hit the Beta in a variety of shafts at a demo day and it fit me perfectly. I have a mid ball flight with a few lower misses and this shaft was a higher mid launch for me with a few misses that were mid.
You can try some of the other RIP shafts that are fairly lower launching like JB said, but there are a ton of other great shafts out there if you can't find a Aldila you like. The Miyazaki Dromos and Fubuki Alpha are a couple favorites of mine. Golf betting games for 3 Super Tuna You can't scale this. Super Tuna said:. I believe you have those numbers backwards. The Cobra Blur rolls in at 5.
Torque generally is the least important number when it comes to shafts though since no one seems to measure it the same way. You should definately be getting a higher launch from the S3 with the Beta then the Cleveland with the Proto. The cobra is a higher launching head and the Beta mid to high is a higher launch shaft then the Proto Low to mid.
Are you finding the RIP to launch higher then the Blur and you don't want this. Ratfink: Generally lower torque means the shaft has less feel and is harder to load properly but that's not a hard and fast rule. A Kai'li is a super easy shaft to load due to it's flex profile yet has a a mid range torque rating 3. The Ahina's torque is only a bit lower 3. The flex profile is much more important but knowing the flex profile and the torque can generally give one a better idea as to how it will play before trying it in theory.
Just wanted to ask here. My swing speed averages between on a good day. I'm looking at the Alpha and Beta versions of these shafts, after hitting the Beta in a Superfast 2. Now I've been playing a stiff shaft in my current driver, and was thinking of upgrading to an X-stiff flex on a RIP shaft.
Unfortunately none of my local stores have anything with an X flex for me to try on any club.