Worse than that, even, it's not even the speed it has when it crosses the net. Radar guns track the shuttle during the flight as well but mostly get the speed of it over the first meter or so, the highspeed camera tracks the first few cm where air resistance hasn't slowed it down yet so much. Regarding that study - they only used a 120fps camera, I'm pretty certain the one used by Yonex has a framerate somewhere in the 1000s which allows for an earlier point of measurement. Not sure how the study calculated the speeds, my guess is that they counted how many frames it took the shuttle to cross a certain distance, most likely a meter - which would be very close to the measurements of radar guns.
Okay okay, I'll revise my BP guess down to 295 but no lower Especially if you trust the usually completely wrong X-Y product matrix companies insist on doing - it looks in-between the Arc10 and Arc11.
However this is measured, the bottom line is whether it will help the likes of you and me hit harder. We may get a fraction increase in power if we're lucky. But when look over the last 30 years of racket development, being truthful there has been very little innovation that was made such an impact on the average player. Occasionally a racket is released that does something good. I'm not denying that. But, for all the innovation and marketing I should be hitting the shuttle 30% + better than i did years ago and that just isn't happening. I am looking forward to reviewing this racket when it is released in UK. Paul www.badminton-coach.co.uk
which essentially is graphite.. and tiny bits of it... probably epoxy bonded.. like all other carbon based racquets it is impossible for them to make large graphene sheets, make a racquet out of it and sell it to you at a cheap price. marketing as usual, just like yonex. wouldnt call it RND
Yep. And has anyone else noted that this time Yonex has not introduced any new material technology , only new physical improvements like compact frame, straighter grommet holes, and snap back zone.
they're using material from toray this time.. which is rather familiar to me since gosen generally uses material purely from toray (m40) i'm curious to the straight grommet holes and whether there is a real 11% increase in sweetspot as described... those snap back zone, and all that is pretty much similar to how resilient some of the gosen racquets feel to me, especially with hard hitting
The test ran by Yonex is unlikely to happen on court. Dash & smash.. you can get no chance to do this in real games.
Guys, we're all just speculating here... Whether it will improve your smashes, have a high BP or have a larger sweet spot... truth is, no one knows. Let's just wait for the reviews!
Well, I just watched Koo's XD IBL matches, his max smash speed was 255 kmh, so not much improvement I'd say.
sorry for ot.i would agree tat bs is a great innovation.personally, i feel pyhsical properties like hh, stiffness and head shape is much more imporfant than material.
yeap.. waiting to order one, just thinking whether i should get a JP or an SP.. or 2U or 3U.. or both?!... aerodynamic design is old stuff.. my very first proper badminton racquet was made by masuka, in commemoration of the atlanta 96 olympics, it was a boron/graphite racquet with a thin frame and some taper towards the edge, with splattering of "aerodynamic" words on the inside of the frame.true enough, it cuts through the air very well, and the swing speed often led to mishits etc. i'm silently hoping that the nanoray Z can give a similar feel.
Pre-ordered one from my stringer. 3U G4. Haven't decided what string to get on it yet but I'm leaning towards Gosen R4X 100 at about 23 pounds. Can't wait!
Well, I've just been told the official price... and my heart stopped. Still, money is just something you have in case you don't die tomorrow, eh. *rationalization complete.
It'l be more expensive then the ns9900 for sure, if u mean now.. as the ns990 is obtainable for 150-200$ U.S. but upon release, probably the same price
