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The TaylorMade RocketBladez irons has been launched with much fanfare, but that is OK when there is a significant technical improvement. In this case it is the speed pocket on the sole of the club which allows the face to flex more to generate more ball speed and hence distance
It is the same principle that you know and love from the RocketBallz fairway wood, but this is the first time it has been put into an iron. TaylorMade want to be the number one distance iron and this is right in that category as it is all about ball speed. The technologies for increase speed that started in drivers are now coming to irons and the manufacturing processes improve to allow them to increase the spring like effect of the faces of irons.
By the way, TaylorMade says the Rocketballz name was at least partially inspired by Dustin Johnson. When he hit a prototype version he described it as being “like a rocket.” As with TaylorMade’s other recent clubs, the cheapest Taylormade Rocketballz driver has a white crown and black face, said to help alignment and improve player confidence by making the club head appear larger in comparison to the ball. It uses TaylorMade’s Flight Control Technology (“FCT”) – an adjustable hosel that allows golfers to optimize their ball flight by adjusting the face, lie and loft angles of the club.
The Rocketballz driver has a shallower face and more draw bias than the equally new TaylorMade R11S driver (you can read our review on the TaylorMade R11S driver on another page of our site). But the Rocketballz driver takes a slightly different approach than many other recent drivers: to promote accuracy, it uses a stock shaft that’s ½-inch shorter than the shaft fitted to the TaylorMade Burner 2.0.
TaylorMade claims it’s seeing an average distance gain of about 17 yards when players are hitting Rocketballz fairway woods instead of their regular clubs. That’s quite a claim. The company incorporates a ton of technology into these clubs, and as a result they push the legal limit for Coefficient of Restitution (“COR,” also referred to as the spring-like or trampoline effect). All things being equal, more spring-like effect equals more distance. The woods look a little like the TaylorMade R1 Fairway Wood, but with a slightly more appealing, balanced look.
There is a choice of Rocketfuel shafts which are a little lighter than normal to aid more speed and could be why we felt the heads seemed a little heavier than normal when you swing them. Overall TaylorMade have managed to blend distance with looks and playability and this could turn out to be one of the defining irons in golf club development so we would definitely recommend it. Source from: http://www.bestpriceukgolf.com/article-474-The+Favorable+TaylorMade+RocketBladez+Irons.html
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