He is a medical doctor, in charge of any injuries during our game sessions. But... he cannot cure my racket! Too bad!
I searched some Chinese forums. A member's explaination of the " lack of power" for ARC10 is interesting to me, and I think it reasonable. He said that the new materials made this thing with super high recovery ability at high enegy. With about 25lbs, it might be a very good one. But if you normally play with about 28lbs or more, it becomes superb. I thought ARC 7 lack of power because I tried my friend's with 24lbs. Maybe I would have thought differently with 27lbs or more. Maybe we shouldn't make any assertion before trying the racket with high tension. the new material changes things.
Dink it! In that case, Oldhand needs to string his AS 10 to 33 lbs to get any uber power . The dude is too strong.
Mine was good at 30 or 31lbs. More than that... maybe the string might snap even before reaching the final conclusion. Hehehe..
If ArcSaber 10 plays better at say 30lbs than 24lbs for player A, then almost every other racquet will show similar improvement for player A. The improvement is in the player's skill and ability to handle high tension better than low tension. Seems strange to attribute qualities to the wrong party, which in this case is the player not the racquet.
Um, hardly a panda here Incidentally, my Arc 10 is strung at 29 lbs. What I said is that it's only as good as the Arc 7
I don't have valid statement on that forum. I am considering buying one and was searching for users' statements. Feedbacks from users are quite different.
Arc Saber 10 Hi foo.tw, No surprising to get such feedback. Well, different players/different users sure have different comments,correct? Anyway, if u intend to buy, then u r the most important person who should be evaluating AS 10. Yr own assessment and feeling is vital in this case. Any person who have used Arc Saber 10 2U G5 can provide a feedback, please. Thanks in advanced. Lee
So in simple words, ArcSaber 10 produces greater power at higher tension. Is that wat u meant???....if that is true, it could be a revolutionary move by Yonex.....cos this might let players not have to compromise between power n control....at the high tension, u get both power and control......... P.S....my concept is that normally at high tension, u get more control and limited power......at low tension, u get limited control and more power.....do correct me if i'm wrong...
At low tension, the repulsion is mainly from the strings. The impact on the string will result a greater reaction from the strings than from the frame or shaft. At high tension, the repulsion is mainly from the frame and shaft. The only problem is whether if one can wield the 'Tu Long Dao' at high tension. I got my racket. After swinging it for a while, I found that it is much swifter than AT-700. I really have to bear in mind not to over exert my strength, cause I may over swing. Certainly not as head heavy as AT-700. The shaft is also stiffer compare to AT-700 (when it is new). After smashing for 2 - 3 months, the AT-700 become quite flexible. Just hope that this darn 'Tu Long Dao' will be slightly more flexible after a couple of months. The feel is good. I am quite certain that the smashes it produces should not be that bad. I had strung my 'Tu Long Dao' at my usual 28 LBS (instead of 25LBS planned earlier) with BG66, one piece stringing. I really don't like the grip, so I added an overgrip... Well... looking at this darn 'Tu Long Dao' is like the first impression of a newly known girlfriend. You never know how will she response to your 'advances' and bad habits... Off course she may be too good for me... Thanks.
The "control" at high tensions comes because of the lack of a trampoline effect; one can find it easier to gauge how much effort will produce a certain amount of "bounce". The "power" generated at high tensions comes from the player's ability to make the stringbed flex. A stiffer stringbed requires more force to flex, but will respond with greater repulsion.
So from I read so far, I plan to string it to 27x30 and see if it works well. However, my machine is not that good on the side support since it is the Eagnas Easy-3 with small 4 side support with a hold down screw. So when pulling the main I really need to be careful not to break my new beloved Arc10. Well, I need to ragain my stamina soon to pull out new Arc10 potential
it's always the same, year in year out... 5 people say it's the best ever, nothing happens 3 say it's just mediocre, and it's because of "too low tensions" or the wrong weight, or the wrong countrycode, or whatever... the exact same as last year...everybody who loved a at900, fine.. Everybody who wasn't impressed got 8 questions about the weight, grip, string, stringer, stringingpattern, it never ends... It amazes me to no end
I wasn't around when the AT900 came out, but I like your comment. hee... the new racquet must be good, if not, it must be user error
I see..thks for the clarification....i'm not familiar with the mechanics part... anyway, seems like this racket will only work well at high tensions...or maybe everyone who reviewed this racket so far have been using high tensions for their other rackets as well, and as a result can't seem to like the racket at medium level tensions....
????? If you hit it hard enough.. (like a normal power smash) No matter the string tension, the frame should be pull hard enough to produce bouncing effect as YY intented to make us believe! Besides, the factory spec says max string tention is 25lbs for a 3U racket! But I guess different people would hit the birdie at different velocity and angle so that may effect the feel, and to choose a different rackets.
