Taylormade has taken two of their best technologies for customization and enabled both to be used together in one golf club. Their FCT and MWT features are now available in the R9 driver creating an enormous amount of custom options, and although it's fantastic to be able to customize your driver, it can get very confusing. Well that's where we come in, we'll show you how to take your new R9 driver and transform it into a powerful weapon that will change your golf game forever.
The FCT feature stands for Flight Control Technology, which is when you unscrew the shaft, twist it to the setting you want, and then screw it back into the clubhead. There are 4 main options, L, R, N, NU, with 4 more options in between for a total of 8. We will describe below what effect the FCT settings have on the face angle, lie, loft when the clubhead is square at impact, and the trajectory bias.
Taylormade's Moveable Weight Technology (MWT) was first introduced in the r7 Quad driver. This technology allows you to move the center of gravity (CG) in the club head by changing the position of weight around the perimeter of the head,which in turn affects the trajectory. The R9 driver comes standard with two 1 gram weights and one 16 gram weight. We'll describe below how the position of each weight affects the trajectory.
FCT Instructions for Each Loft Driver
The charts below are read left to right showing the following specs in the order below.
Note: The lofts in the below chart are when the club head is square. The negative numbers for trajectory bias mean a bias to the left or a draw bias, whereas a positive number reflects a bias to the right or a fade.
FCT Position, Face Angle, Lie, Loft, Trajectory Bias
10.5 Loft Drivers
Pos. 1 R, 2 Open, 59, 9.5, 16
Pos. 2 N-R, 1 Open, 58.5, 10.0, 10
Pos. 3 NU-R, 1 Open, 59.5, 10.0, 8
Pos. 4 N, Square, 58, 10.5, -2
Pos. 5 NU, Square, 60, 10.5, -6
Pos. 6 NU-L, 1 Closed, 59.5, 11.0, -16
Pos. 7 N-L, 1 Closed, 58.5, 11.0, -18
Pos. 8 L, 2 Closed, 59.0, 11.5, -24
9.5 Loft Drivers
Pos. 1 R, 2 Open, 59, 8.5, 16
Pos. 2 N-R, 1 Open, 58.5, 9.0, 10
Pos. 3 NU-R, 1 Open, 59.5, 9.0, 8
Pos. 4 N, Square, 58, 9.5, -2
Pos. 5 NU, Square, 60, 9.5, -6
Pos. 6 NU-L, 1 Closed, 59.5, 10.0, -16
Pos. 7 N-L, 1 Closed, 58.5, 10.0, -18
Pos. 8 L, 2 Closed, 59.0, 10.5, -24
8.5 Loft Drivers
Pos. 1 R, 2 Open, 59, 7.5, 16
Pos. 2 N-R, 1 Open, 58.5, 8.0, 10
Pos. 3 NU-R, 1 Open, 59.5, 8.0, 8
Pos. 4 N, Square, 58, 8.5, -2
Pos. 5 NU, Square, 60, 8.5, -6
Pos. 6 NU-L, 1 Closed, 59.5, 9.0, -16
Pos. 7 N-L, 1 Closed, 58.5, 9.0, -18
Pos. 8 L, 2 Closed, 59.0, 9.5, -24
MWT Instructions for Each Weight Configuration
Taylormade's MWT technology basically uses simple physics by adding more weight to certain areas of the club head to affect trajectory. The MWT feature is to be used on top of the FCT technology to increase trajectory bias even more than what you see above in the FCT chart instructions.
The simple logic behind moving the trajectory bias from left to right and vice versa is as follows. If you add more weight to the heel of the club you can expect the toe of the club to be lighter and thus it will close faster through impact providing more of a draw bias or right to left trajectory. If you increase weight on the toe of the club, the toe will close slower through impact and the result is a fade bias or left to right trajectory. If you have more weights available and want to know how it will affect the height of your drives keep reading. The more weight you add towards the front of the golf club the lower your trajectory will be since you're essentially moving the CG (center of gravity) closer towards the face. Whereas, the more weight you put in the back-center of the clubhead, the higher your trajectory will be since you're moving the CG further back. This would also increase your spin rate as well.
The following chart is a basic guideline for the 3 weights that come with the R9.
Toe, Center, Heel - Trajectory Bias
16g, 1g, 1g - Fade Bias
1g, 16g, 1g - Straight
1g, 1g, 16g - Draw Bias
The FCT feature stands for Flight Control Technology, which is when you unscrew the shaft, twist it to the setting you want, and then screw it back into the clubhead. There are 4 main options, L, R, N, NU, with 4 more options in between for a total of 8. We will describe below what effect the FCT settings have on the face angle, lie, loft when the clubhead is square at impact, and the trajectory bias.
Taylormade's Moveable Weight Technology (MWT) was first introduced in the r7 Quad driver. This technology allows you to move the center of gravity (CG) in the club head by changing the position of weight around the perimeter of the head,which in turn affects the trajectory. The R9 driver comes standard with two 1 gram weights and one 16 gram weight. We'll describe below how the position of each weight affects the trajectory.
FCT Instructions for Each Loft Driver
The charts below are read left to right showing the following specs in the order below.
Note: The lofts in the below chart are when the club head is square. The negative numbers for trajectory bias mean a bias to the left or a draw bias, whereas a positive number reflects a bias to the right or a fade.
FCT Position, Face Angle, Lie, Loft, Trajectory Bias
10.5 Loft Drivers
Pos. 1 R, 2 Open, 59, 9.5, 16
Pos. 2 N-R, 1 Open, 58.5, 10.0, 10
Pos. 3 NU-R, 1 Open, 59.5, 10.0, 8
Pos. 4 N, Square, 58, 10.5, -2
Pos. 5 NU, Square, 60, 10.5, -6
Pos. 6 NU-L, 1 Closed, 59.5, 11.0, -16
Pos. 7 N-L, 1 Closed, 58.5, 11.0, -18
Pos. 8 L, 2 Closed, 59.0, 11.5, -24
9.5 Loft Drivers
Pos. 1 R, 2 Open, 59, 8.5, 16
Pos. 2 N-R, 1 Open, 58.5, 9.0, 10
Pos. 3 NU-R, 1 Open, 59.5, 9.0, 8
Pos. 4 N, Square, 58, 9.5, -2
Pos. 5 NU, Square, 60, 9.5, -6
Pos. 6 NU-L, 1 Closed, 59.5, 10.0, -16
Pos. 7 N-L, 1 Closed, 58.5, 10.0, -18
Pos. 8 L, 2 Closed, 59.0, 10.5, -24
8.5 Loft Drivers
Pos. 1 R, 2 Open, 59, 7.5, 16
Pos. 2 N-R, 1 Open, 58.5, 8.0, 10
Pos. 3 NU-R, 1 Open, 59.5, 8.0, 8
Pos. 4 N, Square, 58, 8.5, -2
Pos. 5 NU, Square, 60, 8.5, -6
Pos. 6 NU-L, 1 Closed, 59.5, 9.0, -16
Pos. 7 N-L, 1 Closed, 58.5, 9.0, -18
Pos. 8 L, 2 Closed, 59.0, 9.5, -24
MWT Instructions for Each Weight Configuration
Taylormade's MWT technology basically uses simple physics by adding more weight to certain areas of the club head to affect trajectory. The MWT feature is to be used on top of the FCT technology to increase trajectory bias even more than what you see above in the FCT chart instructions.
The simple logic behind moving the trajectory bias from left to right and vice versa is as follows. If you add more weight to the heel of the club you can expect the toe of the club to be lighter and thus it will close faster through impact providing more of a draw bias or right to left trajectory. If you increase weight on the toe of the club, the toe will close slower through impact and the result is a fade bias or left to right trajectory. If you have more weights available and want to know how it will affect the height of your drives keep reading. The more weight you add towards the front of the golf club the lower your trajectory will be since you're essentially moving the CG (center of gravity) closer towards the face. Whereas, the more weight you put in the back-center of the clubhead, the higher your trajectory will be since you're moving the CG further back. This would also increase your spin rate as well.
The following chart is a basic guideline for the 3 weights that come with the R9.
Toe, Center, Heel - Trajectory Bias
16g, 1g, 1g - Fade Bias
1g, 16g, 1g - Straight
1g, 1g, 16g - Draw Bias
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With the above FCT & MWT Instructions you can now fit yourself so your R9 driver is completely optimized for your swing and now that you're correctly equipped with your new Taylormade R9 Driver you can concentrate on other parts of your game.
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