Well, I guess it depends on many things, such as at what point in the shuttle's flight they measure it from. The shuttle is slowing down all the time after it has left the racquet, so it's crucial to know where they are measuring from. I suspect that the speed radars used in tournaments are not measuring the shuttle speed at the same point and hence there is a difference? Also, in a match you're not going for outright power, but also accuracy so players probably need to hold back a little to make sure they hit their targets - which isn't the case here.
To be honest, I think this is just a technical exercise - which racket can hit hardest regardless of anything else. Sadly, though, they're only done it with one other racket so far, so the best they can say is "this hits harder than the other racket we tested". Still...
O man I wish it wouldn't come in orange though (even though I love my NS9900). There still haven't been any limited edition nanorays, as far as I know, so hopefully a Nanoray Z-speed LTD is on the cards to satisfy my pettiness .
As far as I remember from the Z-Slash, the speed is calculated from high-speed camera footage and based on the first several frames right after it has left the stringbed ... I mean the whole setup is clearly visible in the video . Which frames exactly of course remains a secret. Starting after the deformation has ended or up until to (maybe disclosed at the Guiness entry)?
This is getting to be a very specific world record... "Hardest smash after five frames @1000/s post-stringbed-exit..."
It's not like it'll be any faster further on . Here is the vid by ants from TBH's Z-Slash session. After about a minute there's a view of the monitor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTS95B652pw Silly enough this record is nowhere to be found on the guiness record website
Somebody post a picture of this thing, please - I've ordered three and I want to know what it looks like!
not the highest velocity achieved during the phase of video capture? the shuttle decelerates from negative velocity to zero upon contact with the string bed and starts accelerating upon leaving the string bed from zero. air resistance counteracts the acceleration and thus slows down the velocity and through out the flight, there will be a point/moment where the speed's the fastest.
My understanding is that the shuttle only accelerates while it is still in contact with the strings during the time the string bed and the cork of the shuttle rebounds back to it's original state. The shuttle doesn't accelerate after leaving the string bed as there is no accelerating force (Newton's 1st & 2nd law of motion). The shuttle is also only at zero velocity (relative the the racquet) at the point when the string bed stops stretching (and the cork stops deforming) when in contact with the shuttle. This is also the point when the shuttle starts to accelerate. The point at which the shuttle's velocity is at the maximum is when it leaves the string bed.
Correct. It's not like a bullet, which gets pushed forward by expanding gases after it leaves a barrel; onece the shuttle is off the strings, the laws of physics start to put the brakes on.
Now August is nearly among us, do any 'secret spies' have a release date yet. Was going to hunt down another NS but may have to wait. Do like the sound it.... Sigh, I'm falling for the PR crap again : )
It's so secret they put a date in their promo vid one page back ! August 22nd ... Of course that means UK around Christmas or so? Yes of course, I don't question it was set nor rewarded, but it is still strange it cannot be found on the website. Only FHF's fastest smash set in a match ...
OT: wouldn't happen to recall who around here was from Prestwich do you? (bumped into this bicycle (web)shop that had this discontinued tire I was looking for but the CS can't assure it is actually the correct version )