4.72 pts headlight, 359 grams, 65 stiffness according to "kiteboard"
4.8 pts headlight, 32.8 cm balance point according to balance board picture, reportedly 51 stiffness according to Greg Raven.
Note the lead under the clear bumperguard, and the lead running all along the inner rim of the frame sides. Also, it looks like the beam width is wider, and the throat is clearly different and square at the bottom where it meets the handle.
Clearly, a pro stock frame unavailable to the public. Unless you pay a pretty penny.
A great thread tim, unfortunately spoiled by a load of childish plonkers wanting fabfed to dissect that beautiful stick.
The mold so vsbabolat states is a pre youtek radical, basically he played with the lm rad when younger so its that without the ridges. I always felt it was a little square in the throat and looked more like the rad tour twin tube. Weight we know is 359g and balance is around 5 pts hl, sw seems to be in the region of 370-380. Flex 51. Its interesting that his lead placement is pretty me much the same as a full CAP grommet. He will definitely have lead/silicone in the handle to balance that much weight in the head. What Nole has is a super stable racket.
Now the closest you can get imo is to buy a vantage bc20, flex is 49 but its got an open string pattern. I did the mods to mine and got the spec to match, including gut/alu string job, had a few problems with the power and couldn't get the swing speed on serve. The main thing for me was the lower balance and the higher sw meant I was slower in preparation for my fh.
It helped me understand that when my sw goes over 370 my game deteriorates. So hats off to nole carrying that log around for 6hrs.
Another Fabfed thread shows feds racket, 364g, 32.2cm, 358sw, interestingly enough for me that's my spec on the melbourne!
To get the flex/string pattern nole racket, I would buy a head radical tour twin tube off the bay, as they are about fifteen years old I can imagine the flex to have dropped from 58 ish to low 50's and basically you would have a pro stock pt57a mold with the right string pattern and flex and lead up with foil tape and go hit the courts!
Tim Prapong
Sep 21, 2011
Tim Prapong
4.72 pts headlight, 359 grams, 65 stiffness according to "kiteboard"
4.8 pts headlight, 32.8 cm balance point according to balance board picture, reportedly 51 stiffness according to Greg Raven.
Note the lead under the clear bumperguard, and the lead running all along the inner rim of the frame sides. Also, it looks like the beam width is wider, and the throat is clearly different and square at the bottom where it meets the handle.
Clearly, a pro stock frame unavailable to the public. Unless you pay a pretty penny.
Sep 21, 2011
Meags
The mold so vsbabolat states is a pre youtek radical, basically he played with the lm rad when younger so its that without the ridges. I always felt it was a little square in the throat and looked more like the rad tour twin tube. Weight we know is 359g and balance is around 5 pts hl, sw seems to be in the region of 370-380. Flex 51. Its interesting that his lead placement is pretty me much the same as a full CAP grommet. He will definitely have lead/silicone in the handle to balance that much weight in the head. What Nole has is a super stable racket.
Now the closest you can get imo is to buy a vantage bc20, flex is 49 but its got an open string pattern. I did the mods to mine and got the spec to match, including gut/alu string job, had a few problems with the power and couldn't get the swing speed on serve. The main thing for me was the lower balance and the higher sw meant I was slower in preparation for my fh.
It helped me understand that when my sw goes over 370 my game deteriorates. So hats off to nole carrying that log around for 6hrs.
Another Fabfed thread shows feds racket, 364g, 32.2cm, 358sw, interestingly enough for me that's my spec on the melbourne!
To get the flex/string pattern nole racket, I would buy a head radical tour twin tube off the bay, as they are about fifteen years old I can imagine the flex to have dropped from 58 ish to low 50's and basically you would have a pro stock pt57a mold with the right string pattern and flex and lead up with foil tape and go hit the courts!
Feb 1, 2012