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Now I would like the forums opinion as to whether swingin a club head on a rope would produce a similar deflection or swinging a "Whippy" club.

The physics of the bends is beyond me but I do know that Lynn has mentioned the toe down bend of the clubhead on a rope. That CF wants to align the Sweetspot to the #3pp as seen below in a Homer demonstration. With a more rigid shaft , this tendency bends the shaft and toe down, such are the forces in play.

Note the natural Horizontal Hinging of this True Swinging procedure too. You can not manipulate the face when the shaft is a rope.