Does anyone have any experience with Aeroplane feathers? Our club is looking for an alternative to Yonex this season. Thanks Dan
have you tried the others in the range? we currently use AS20, so something similar would be good... thanks dan
Red (G1130) is close to as good as the AS20. However, the performance to price ratio is better for AeroPlane red than AS20 if you can get AP red at discount level.
I believe Red means Super Grade, or SG1130, and G1130 is the Green label one. price wise, SG1130 (red label) is about the same as that of Yonex AS-20, and G1130 (green label) is about US$1.50 lower for each tube. As far as performance, the green label one (G1130) is pretty good and durable for normal club play. they are very consistant as well. we never had to adjust the speed or test the shuttle before the game. we normally get about 1 game out of one bird, and we have DRY winter here. during summer time, it will last a bit longer than 1 game, maybe 1.5 to 2 games for each shuttle.
thank you very much for your knowledge i am going to order some red label to try them out. does anyone know anywhere in the UK that retails them? Thanks dan
You can try the DNA Shuttles from www.badmintonsupplies.net. Try the Red and Green labels. They are as good, if not better then AS40 or AS 50.
my opinion of all shuttlecocks i have used RSL RSL Tourney Classic - Maximum Durability and Flight with great accuracy, precision in speed - Used in many major international competitions - Excellent Feel Speed - 73-81 RATING - price 8/10 quality 9/10 RSL Tourney No.1 - Great Durabilyty and Flight with good accuracy, precision in speed - Used in Most of the major competitions - Great Feel Speed -73-81 Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8.5/10 RSL Tourney No.2~3 - Good Durability - Accurate Flight, Speed - Used in Top Clubs, some school competitions - Good Feel Speed - 73-81 Rating - Price 6/10 Quality 7.5/10 RSL Tourney No.4~8 - Economically Priced - Ideal for Practice and Training - Tourney No.8 = Suitable for Beginners Speed - Unrated. Rating - Price 4~5/10 Quality 4~6/10 RSL Silver Feather - Breaks Way Too easily - Yet Popular, Good Looking - Flight with Accurate Speed Speed - 73-81 Rating - Price 8/10 Quality 6/10 RSL Official - Good Durabilty - Economically Priced - Accurate Speed - Great Choice for both competition and training Speed - 73-81 Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8.5/10 RSL Standard - Durability and Accurate Speed - Economically Priced - Great Choice for Training Speed - 73-81 Rating - Price 6.5/10 Quality 7.5/10 RSL First Step - Good Durability - Not very Accurate Flight yet Ok. - Great Choice for Beginners Training Rating - Price 5/10 Quality 6/10 Yonex Aero 10 - Durability and Accurate Speed - Economically Priced - Great Choice for Training Speed - 76-79 Rating - Price 6.5/10 Quality 7.5/10 Aero 20 - Good Durabilty - Affordable Price - Accurate Speed - Great Choice for hard training, school training Speed - 76-79 Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8/10 Aero 30&40 - Great Durabilty - Very Accurate Speed and Flight - Great choice for hard training, competitions Speed - 76-79 Rating - Price 8.5/10 Quality 8.5~9/10 Aero 50 - Excellent Durability - Excellent and Perfect Flight and Speed - Great Choice for Competitions - Expensive yet perfect Speed - 76-79 Rating - Price 9.8/10 Quality 9.8/10 Mavis 370 (Nylon) - Perfect Durability - Good Flight and Speed - Great Choice for Outdoors Training and Hard Training Speed - 78~80 Rating - Price 8/10 Quality 8.5/10 Mavis 500 (Nylon) - Perfect Durability - Great Flight and Speed - Great Choice for Outdoors Training and Hard Training - Some used in competitions - 95% alike Feather Shuttlecocks Speed - 78~80 Rating - Price 8.5/10 Quality 9/10 Aeroplane Black Label - Excellent Durability - Excellent and Perfect Flight and Speed - Great Choice for Competitions - Expensive yet perfect Speed - 76-79 Rating - Price 9.8/10 Quality 9.8/10 Red Label - Great Durabilty - Very Accurate Speed and Flight - Great choice for hard training, competitions Speed - 76-79 Rating - Price 8.5/10 Quality 8.5~9/10 Green Label - Good Durabilty - Good Price - Accurate Speed - Great Choice for hard training, school training Speed - 76-79 Rating - Price 7/10 Quality 8/10 White Label - Durability and Accurate Speed - Affordable Price - Great Choice for Training Speed - 73-81 Rating - Price 6.5/10 Quality 7.5/10 Tronex Tronex Gold - Great Durability - Great and Great Flight and Speed Speed - 75-78 Rating - Price 9/10 Quality 9/10 Tronex Yellow - Good Durability - Great Flight, Accurate Speed - Used in School Competitions Speed - 75-78 Rating - Price 8/10 Quality 8/5/10 OVERALL SUPERIOR GRADE Yonex AS50 RSL Tourney Classic RSL Tourney No1 Tronex Gold Aeroplane Black Label PROFESSIONAL GRADE Yonex AS30 Yonex AS40 Yonex Mavis 500 (Nylon) RSL Official RSL Tourney No2 RSL Silver Feather Aeroplane Red Label Tronex Yellow TRAINING GRADE Yonex AS20 Yonex Mavis 370 (Nylon) RSL Standard RSL Tourney No3 RSL Tourney No4 Aeroplane Green Label STANDARD GRADE Yonex AS10 RSL Tourney No5 RSL Tourney No6 Aeroplane White Label BEGINNER GRADE RSL Tourney No7 RSL Tourney No8 RSL First Step that took a long time but its a general overview of all the shuttlecocks i have used.
the aeroplane black (e-G1130 i believe) are top notch. here around 18-19USD a dozen the flight path is really good, and is fairly stable throughout the life of the bird (until a feather flies off, etc). i would say as flight is as good as the high end yonex ones (as40/50) and defintely more durable.
Ah well I still can't find aeroplane red for less than 22, as that doesn't include shipping. Friend, where do you get yours from?
www.shuttles.com, If you buy more to save shipping charge, you will get Red ones less than $20. The Black ones are out of stock.
The material used is as well as Yonex. But the precision of manufacture sucked. IMO, totally a waste of good material.
Since my club members have very good experience with Aeroplane shuttles, but don't mind to look for a lower price option, could you share some experience with us? from what you said, looks like you may have some inside to this.
Aeroplane has good durability but poor playability. Go for Yonex counterparts for better playability at near cost. Since they used the best material available, there's no other brands can excel in both playability and durability with near cost. If you can accept poorer durability, MMOA and VICTOR makes some OK birdies.
we played both Yonex (AS 10, 20, 30, and 50) and Aeroplane (G-1130, SG-1130 and EG1130) ones before. We found they are just about the same as far as the playability and durability goes. BUT, Aeroplane ones are at much lower price in USA here.
