Easton Stealth Question

[wwmoon85 0]

Sorry if this has been posted before but i was wondering if anyone knows when easton will be coming out with the 85 flex stealths and the intermediate stealths. Thanks!

[Chadd 916]

Pretty sure the ints are 2005, don't recall if 85 is '05 or not.

[LetsGoWings13 0]

well they be comming out in the begging of the year or twords the end because a 75 or 85 modano stealth is what i want

[Chadd 916]

well they be comming out in the begging of the year or twords the end because a 75 or 85 modano stealth is what i want

The same time most of the new stuff becomes available for retail. Late spring or early summer, most likely.

[Jbone 0]

I thought Easton changed the Ints to a 65 flex.

[Cavs019 710]

the 100 flex out now practically is an 85...

[Icedog03 0]

Sorry if this has been posted before but i was wondering if anyone knows when easton will be coming out with the 85 flex stealths and the intermediate stealths. Thanks!

The rep at my rink had INT Stealths and Juniors at his table. I believe he had an 85 also.

[wwmoon85 0]

really?? Hmm i should check around then

[Harrage12 0]

the 100 flex out now practically is an 85...

Yeah, my older 100 flex ultralite seems alot stiffer than my 100 flex grip synergy.

[Briggy 0]

the 100 flex out now practically is an 85...

Yeah, my older 100 flex ultralite seems alot stiffer than my 100 flex grip synergy.

He was talking about the Stealth being whippier than 100. Also have the Stealth's shaft shape become even thinner? Last I checked it felt alsmot like a JR. Also since when did the Modano curve also become P4? I have never seen that before.

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

the 100 flex out now practically is an 85...

Yeah, my older 100 flex ultralite seems alot stiffer than my 100 flex grip synergy.

He was talking about the Stealth being whippier than 100. Also have the Stealth's shaft shape become even thinner? Last I checked it felt alsmot like a JR. Also since when did the Modano curve also become P4? I have never seen that before.

Briggy is right, this is because of the stealth being more whip than a normal Easton 100 flex.

[wwmoon85 0]

i see, but i usually cut down my sticks quite a bit. What's the rule again? 10 more flex per every inch you cut off?

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

i see, but i usually cut down my sticks quite a bit. What's the rule again? 10 more flex per every inch you cut off?

4 flex each inche.

[tokes 0]

Damn, my 110 flex Z-bubble was cut down a good 3 inches.

110 + (3*4) = 124 flex, yikes!

Here's a little ditty from HKY GURU from the EMB.

"The flex of an Easton composite is built into the stick. The design and orientation of the plys have a far greater influence on the stiffness than does length. By cutting the stick down a few inches will have no detectable effect on the play stiffness. This is not the case for a constant flex wood product or a low-end pultruded composite shaft. ----GURU----"

[ambro 0]

110 + (3*4) = 124 flex, yikes!

Little math lesson here...

(3*4) = 12 + 110 = 122.

Close though... :lol:

[tokes 0]

110 + (3*4) = 124 flex, yikes!

Little math lesson here...

(3*4) = 12 + 110 = 122.

Close though... :lol:

geez, I do calculus, not simple math. I need atleast a calculator to do basic multiplication :P

[Chadd 916]

i see, but i usually cut down my sticks quite a bit. What's the rule again? 10 more flex per every inch you cut off?

4 flex each inche.

I'll say this again for those that haven't heard it. I disagree with that number considering OPS and tapered sticks do not flex in the same manner as the original composite and aluminum shafts.

Using the same math leaving a full plug in a stick will make it 12-16 points more flexable and that doesn't sound right.

When you consider that the new, longer taper ops feel more flexy than shorter tapered ops, despite having the same flex rating, it would seem that way of figuring the stiffness of a shorter stick doesn't work anymore.

[Dan_The_Man_16 0]

I don't buy into the whole "flex is built into the stick" bit. SO basically your saying I could cut a SyNergy down to mini-stick size and it would be the same flex. BS. I don't know how it works exactly, but if you cut a stick, it gets stiffer, and if you put a 12" plug in it it gets whippy.

[seanmccann 3]

I don't buy into the whole "flex is built into the stick" bit. SO basically your saying I could cut a SyNergy down to mini-stick size and it would be the same flex. BS. I don't know how it works exactly, but if you cut a stick, it gets stiffer, and if you put a 12" plug in it it gets whippy.

thats true but with an uncut ops when you take a shot the most flex is in the kickpoint which could be about 10 inches.

[Chadd 916]

I don't buy into the whole "flex is built into the stick" bit. SO basically your saying I could cut a SyNergy down to mini-stick size and it would be the same flex. BS. I don't know how it works exactly, but if you cut a stick, it gets stiffer, and if you put a 12" plug in it it gets whippy.

Evidently you don't understand what I'm trying to say. Yes, cutting from the butt end makes your stick stiffer. I don't believe the part about one inch being equal to 4 flex points on the Easton scale.

As I've said, tapered sticks don't behave in the same manner as traditional straight sticks. Because of that, I don't think 1-4 ratio is accurate.

At what point did I suggest making a ministick out of a tapered shaft? You're talking about radical extremes and I'm saying the specific ratio is not accurate. Can you grow up now?

[Dan_The_Man_16 0]

Chadd, please show me where I directed that post at you. Stop being so defensive.

I agreed with you, I said is that I don't buy into that idea of the flex being built into the stick. Sure I used an extreme but That is basically what Guru and others are saying. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't buy it.

[Chadd 916]

Chadd, please show me where I directed that post at you. Stop being so defensive.

After reading your post again, I still don't see agreement with my point but I apologize if you were trying to do so.

[Bauer_freAK 0]

i see, but i usually cut down my sticks quite a bit. What's the rule again? 10 more flex per every inch you cut off?

4 flex each inche.

and in cm's? :)

for the european people? :lol:

[tokes 0]

i see, but i usually cut down my sticks quite a bit. What's the rule again? 10 more flex per every inch you cut off?

4 flex each inche.

and in cm's? :)

for the european people? :lol:

Roughly 1.57480315 flex per CM of shaft. Roughly :lol:

[asdfa 0]

i think wat HKY GURU was saying about how a shaft flexes wasn't directed at how a shaft feels when you flex it, but rather, technically how much force a shaft can withstand. a shaft is basically like a lever with your bottom hand being the fulcrum, and the farther the input force (your top hand and the ice) is from the fulcrum, the more the force is multiplied, increasing the net force and that's what you feel when you cut down a stick, your force is being less multiplied because it's closer to the fulcrum.

HKY GURU probably meant that the amount a shaft will flex when a force is applied at a specific spot will not change provided the same net force is applied