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Adapter settings, decoded

Cobra Darkspeed X Driver adapter settings chart

The Darkspeed X Driver uses the Cobra MyFly8 (with SmartPad) adapter (Cobra connector system), MyFly8 with SmartPad (King F8 to Darkspeed, 2018 to 2024).

Values apply to right-handed heads. Left-handed mappings differ for some systems; consult the manufacturer's left-handed chart.

Interactive adjustment guide

Enter your head's stated loft, then pick a position to decode it, or pick a loft change to see which positions get you there.

PositionLoftLieFace angleNotes
-1.5 -1.5° std square Maximum lower-loft setting.
-1 -1° std square -
-1 DRAW -1° +2° square Draw-bias variant of the -1 loft setting: same loft, more upright lie for a draw tendency. The 2-degree lie effect of the draw setting comes from a Cobra engineer interview describing a predecessor MyFly hosel, not a MyFly8-specific published chart; Cobra's current MyFly8 SmartPad guide states no per-position lie values at all.
STDFactory std std square Factory ship setting: stated loft, standard lie, square face (SmartPad).
STD DRAW std +2° square Draw-bias variant of the standard loft setting: stated loft, more upright lie for a draw tendency. The 2-degree lie effect of the draw setting comes from a Cobra engineer interview describing a predecessor MyFly hosel, not a MyFly8-specific published chart; Cobra's current MyFly8 SmartPad guide states no per-position lie values at all.
+1 +1° std square -
+1 DRAW +1° +2° square Draw-bias variant of the +1 loft setting: same loft, more upright lie for a draw tendency. The 2-degree lie effect of the draw setting comes from a Cobra engineer interview describing a predecessor MyFly hosel, not a MyFly8-specific published chart; Cobra's current MyFly8 SmartPad guide states no per-position lie values at all.
+1.5 +1.5° std square Maximum higher-loft setting.

Confirmed via two independent secondary write-ups of the current Darkspeed generation's MyFly8 sleeve (sirshanksalot.com and golfreviewsguide.com), cited directly in the cobra-myfly8 adapter's curation_notes.

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