Equipment Review: Aerotech SteelFiber and Powercoil Shafts, by Jeffrey Reed

Imagine a shaft combining the power of graphite with the stability of steel, without increasing the thickness of the shaft wall. That shaft is now available in Aerotech’s new SteelFiber shaft. Headquartered in Bellingham, Wash., Aerotech has effectively designed a steel fibre composite shaft for all clubs, allowing for maximum control and distance. It’s the best of both worlds.

Here’s the secret behind Aerotech’s manufacturing process. Ultra-thin stainless steel wire is cut and bundled into hundreds of pieces and placed together in an iron tube, which is then drawn to its limits. That process is repeated until the steel fibre measures just 1/10th the diameter of a human hair. It’s then applied to the surface of graphite core for a dynamite combination – a perimeter-weighted shaft. Forty per cent of the total weight of the shaft rests on the surface, increasing the MOI of that shaft.

Besides offering power and stability, Aerotech’s SteelFiber shaft offers a graphite core for vibration dampening, increased clubhead speed and maximum distance. It truly is, as advertised, “a new era in golf shaft construction.”

Aerotech’s SteelFiber shafts are available in different weights and lengths to accommodate specific clubs – irons, fairway metals, and woods – and are beginning to win accolades amongst PGA Tour professionals, as well as custom clubmakers.

If graphite is your bag, Aerotech also offers the Powercoil 100-per-cent graphite shaft. Designed to eliminate unwanted oscillation of the clubhead during the swing, the Powercoil shaft also boasts improved energy transfer for greater distance; uniform bending for consistency from swing to swing; and equal results for both left- and right-handed golfers, thanks to a Powercoil surface layer applied in the proper direction to maintain fibre tension during the swing.

Check out Aerotech’s website, www.aerotechsports.com, to learn more about these revolutionary shafts. You’ll be hearing more about them in the near future.