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khw72004
05-18-2009, 07:21 PM
I know of the Prince Vortex and the Mizuno Reactors. Are there any more?
psp2
05-18-2009, 10:29 PM
Dunlop made some.
jayserinos99
05-19-2009, 02:58 AM
Prince Extenders (Graphite, Synergy?, Thunder?) had them. I first saw them in the Tennis 1994 Racquets Issue but that string pattern probably came out earlier.
Eiffel59
05-19-2009, 03:47 AM
It probably was one of those Fischer VCT..i should have it in my collection..when i go back to shop i'll look for it...
007
05-19-2009, 06:42 AM
Fischer Vacuum Helix 280 and Vacuum Centron - both had square-ish heads
ezylman
05-19-2009, 10:51 AM
The Dunlop Racquet model with the staggered string bed was the Pulsar DP.
liehssahmster
05-19-2009, 03:46 PM
Gamma also produced a line of staggered string frames called Accura in the mid 90s.
Alafter
05-19-2009, 11:46 PM
what is staggered stringbed
Eiffel59
05-21-2009, 08:56 PM
what is staggered stringbed

OMG..a poster with more than 2k posts that doesn't staggered stringbed? ;)

Well, it is a frames with grommets running alternatively on 2 different planes to ensure-presumably-a livelier and more precise placement of the ball.
First used in squash racquets-a lot of them still use the system-then passed to tennis frames, but with different success, possibly because the wide shoulder necessary for the placement of the grommets cries out "tweener racquet"....

Ah BTW that Fischer was the MCT..good tweener racquet.. :D