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Taylormade has taken two of their best technologies for customization and enabled both to be used together in their R9 driver. Their FCT and MWT features are now available in the R9 family of drivers creating an enormous amount of custom options, and although it’s great to be able to customize your driver, it can get very confusing. Well that’s where we come in, we’ll provide instructions so you can take your new R9 driver and turn it into an amazing 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. Described below are the effects that each of 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 enables you to move the center of gravity (CG) in the club head by changing the position of weight around the perimeter of the head. This in turn has a profound effect on the trajectory of the ball. The R9 driver comes standard with two 1 gram weights and one 16 gram weight. You’ll find more detailed information below on how the position of each weight affects the trajectory. FCT Instructions for Each Loft Driver The charts below show you how each FCT position effects the face angle, lie, loft, and trajectory bias. 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. FCT Position, Face Angle, Lie, Loft, Trajectory Bias
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
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
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
MWT Instructions Taylormade’s MWT technology basically uses simple physics by adding more weight to certain areas of the club head to affect the center of gravity. 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. Now unless you have more weight available you won’t have to worry as much about the weights affecting the height of your shots, but if you do the weights affect the height in the following way. The more weight you put towards the front of the golf club the lower your trajectory will be since you are moving the CG (center of gravity) closer towards the face. But if you add weight towards the back of the head, the higher your trajectory will be since you’re pushing the CG further back, which would also increase backspin. 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
So with the above MWT and FCT Instructions you can now fit yourself so that your R9 driver is completely optimized for your golf swing. The goal is to configure your R9 so that you do not have to change your golf swing to achieve the trajectory you want with your driver, whether it be a 5 yard fade or 10 yard draw. This will give you maximum accuracy as well as maximum distance with your R9 Driver.
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