Panda Power: A Racket That Can Take 40lbs. String Tension!

**illusionistpro** · 10-29-2009, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by singnflip4life

Haha I was thinking of someone who was quick and strong enough to use a high bp and wt ultra1 at a high level. That would be simply amazing.

A quick panda?! where

?! I think that's an oxymoron. I recall panda saying he smashes and lets his partner clean up if anything comes back.

**singnflip4life** · 10-29-2009, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by illusionistpro

A quick panda?! where

?! I think that's an oxymoron. I recall panda saying he smashes and lets his partner clean up if anything comes back.

Ahaha no no no there are quick pandas. They just don't play badminton. They do Kung Fu instead.

**ToxBad** · 10-30-2009, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Permochinon

what should it doooo i want panda to lend me his power :P , (im used to stiff raquet, apacs lethal 60, apacs nanopro 9900) i had my heart set on trinity but maybe ultra is good too :P wo witch on its gonna be :P ultra 2 is supposed to be a ultra 1 but in better no but from what "singnflip4life" said its not really the same.
(i would like to try em before i buy em, but from where i am i doubt its really possible (montreal qc , ca)*and im a beginner too :P*

I'm using a Trinity and there's a U2 coming soon. I'm living in Sherbrooke. Tell me if it may help. My trinity will be strung by next wednesday, the strings snapped yesterday. It's a great racket, I like it.

**cooler** · 10-30-2009, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by illusionistpro

A quick panda?! where

?! I think that's an oxymoron. I recall panda saying he smashes and lets his partner clean up if anything comes back.

a zoo panda indeed, let other people to clean up!!

**cooler** · 10-30-2009, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by DinkAlot

Nothing currently. They are still working on perfecting it.

I'm also looking into electroplating...I have samples coming soon.

but plastic resin doesn't conduct electricity.....

**Jasonvan** · 10-30-2009, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by cooler

but plastic resin doesn't conduct electricity.....

I remember some gundam model kits are electroplated.... But than that's on a model kit and not a racket, I remember those kits scratch very easily

**Sevex** · 10-30-2009, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by cooler

but plastic resin doesn't conduct electricity.....

Then don't use plastic resin?

Although there are exotic polymers that do conduct electricity. Don't think you'd use those though.

I have to admit it's got me confused as well. Then again I last covered electroplating 5 years ago... Carbon graphite does conduct electricity so no problem there. Attach it to the anode by mistake and you have no racket though! (Not that I ever did something daft like that, admittedly it wasn't a racket.)

What has me confused is why coat something made of graphite in metal/something conductive? Unless it's a very thin coat. Even then I'm not sure, it would just make it shiny, I can't see it aiding performance.

I'm assuming the powers that be know what they're doing!

**singnflip4life** · 10-30-2009, 06:53 PM

I thought the powder coating and electroplating was for the cosmetic aspects of the racket.

**Destricto_Ense** · 10-30-2009, 09:16 PM

Please post photos of your new samples as soon as you get them

**DinkAlot** · 10-30-2009, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Destricto_Ense

Please post photos of your new samples as soon as you get them

No photos because the racket are demos/prototypes. There are no logos and details on the rackets. They will not be representative of the final product.

**adonis** · 10-30-2009, 10:36 PM

Are these the Trinity 2 and the new Revelation?

How did the testings go?

**what07** · 10-30-2009, 11:22 PM

I would trade my 4 apac racquets for one panda ultra 2 since I have no money

AWESOME looking racquets. Love the purple!!!

**Sevex** · 10-31-2009, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by singnflip4life

I thought the powder coating and electroplating was for the cosmetic aspects of the racket.

They were, but further back in the deep dark depths of this thread Dink mentioned that having so many decals on the racket wasn't good for the graphite. Don't quote me on that, it was something that affected performance by an undefined amount if I remember correctly.

Dink was started the whole new coating technique to resolve this. However in my opinion coating a racket in a thin layer of metal is unlikely to be any better or worse than decals/paint.

Mind you for all you people obsessed with looks I guess sacrificing some performance is worth it.

I have to say I don't mind something looking good if performance isn't affected though!

**Destricto_Ense** · 10-31-2009, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by DinkAlot

No photos because the racket are demos/prototypes. There are no logos and details on the rackets. They will not be representative of the final product.

You never know, maybe a plain prototype might be attractive too