[wally888]

Originally Posted by lagster

Do you think a Hitter with more Mass(bigger Launching Pad) has more of an advantage? What about the swinger? As far as the mass of the club... remember the Featherlights?

...if so, IMHO, then more mass only helps if can accelerate it the same, whether it be the mass of the person or the clubhead...

...no savvy Featherlights, but from the name i'll guess they were lighter clubs that proposed to allow you to hit farther...again, in my view less mass means you have to up the acceleration...so if they were half the mass, i'd say you'd have to double the acceleration to stay even...but as 6b pointed out, most of us (or at least I) would be a lot better off hitting the sweet spot a little slower, more often....

-hcw

Featherlites!
In the 70's a hobby turned into a business, club repair and assembly/fitting and I continued for about 15 years. Many side benefits, free golf, etc., and an opportunity to learn many facets of design/repair/fitting/shaft flex/torque/bend points, on and on.
I assembled several sets of the then new featherlites and experimented with the proper shafts for B swing weights, etc. Another story.
I found generally I could gain distance w/ the Featherlites but was usually all over the place re. the intended target and distance was undependable. Although not featherlites, some of the early Calloway Irons, the Wilson Reflex Irons seemed to provide skewed distances.
Although we are discussing swingweight here, IMHO it is almost a non factor, but over all weight of the club is very important to the conversation.
I ended my gain of knowledge re. shafts, weights, etc., in 1993 so can not discuss the current equipment on the market.