All pics of the new Wilson so far. the K Factor!!!
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Rafa's best friend
Banned
Never mind the racket, i like to try one of those girls instead... when is roger switching to this new k facotr??
aznspongehead
Rookie
Woah, what happened to the grey one? That one looked so much better...
dpfrazier
Rookie
All those threads about Fed being gay? Look at the way he's leering at the blonde...
i can barely see the balance. it's either 12 or 10 points headlight.
This was definitely discovered in the other thread, I've already pointed people to it once before in that thread, here goes...
Perhaps, not, this post also came from the other thread...
I think that picture #1 & #2 show the same racquet with the same color scheme (red at the 3 & 9 o'clock positions). Picture # 2 (closeup of grommets & circle "K") has just been desaturated & manipulated in Photoshop to give it a different color/hue. I played around with the first pic & was able to get it to closely match the color tones of the second. You'll notice that whatever was red in pic. #1 now appears to be the same reddish gray as in pic. #2.
psamp14
Hall of Fame
you sure its 12 oz? i can sort of see it as reading, 360 g
thats not 12 oz...thats like 12.7 oz
Nope. Looks like 340g 12.0oz which is the same the the other tour 90s. There is no reason why wilson would increase unstrung weight that much.
Well - it was tennis_vet who did the PS work, not me, BUT it also looks kinda like 340g, yes?
12oz = 341.64g
Seems logical.....
psamp14
Hall of Fame
yeah i'm not on you for anything...i just want to figure it out
it does look more like 340g 12.0 oz to me now
in that case...the racquet is like the same thing as the ncode 90, which is the same thing as the pro staff tour 90
It's cool - I didn't figure you were 'on me'.
People have also commented as much as you have above in the other thread.
I have two guesses:
a. They're going to claim it plays significantly differently, which will be somewhat interesting to see *how differently* given the very similar mold & specs.
b. That they may have been press-release demo racquets, and had an old set of specs on them. Be kinda smart, leak the photos, but don't leak the specs just yet.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Yeah, maybe this time Wilson will claim that the new K-Factor is "2 times less stable, 2 times less strong, and 22% less powerful"? So remember the K-Factor code: "-2 -2 -22". I guess that gets them back to about where they were. :mrgreen: LOL
Duzza
Legend
WTF?? Anyone with basic color/dress sense knows that black and orange don't go together. Losers
Wow I didn't even realise it was orange. I thought it was red...
I'd assumed it was red too, maybe just looks orange-y due to overexposure in one or two of the shots? I'd be surprised if wilson completely went away from the red...
Oh - adely - as for black & orange - black & strong orange are a very common colour combination, marketing-wise anyways. Almost anything works with black, but orange is bright & strong. Maybe not 'designer-stylish', but damned effective at getting attention....
Tennis Man
Hall of Fame
I don't think it's orange. It's just flash. It's probably the same red color but it's uglu nevertheless. Welcome to k6.1 Tour 90
I think the color balance of the photo is way off. Look how much green is in the wood. I adjusted it just a little and came up a more realistic shot, but I can't post attachments to show you. I think the racquet is definitely red, but it's a more vivid red than the usual Wilson red.
tennis_vet
New User
It is indeed an ugly paintjob. I really don't care though if they can bring back the great feel of our beloved prostaff 85/95s. I have a question for the racket technology gurus. Does the trend of making rackets "stronger" necessarily equate to rackets increasingly losing their feel? It certainly happened with Wilson's "nanotechnology".
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Dunlopkid
Guest
That paintjob looks awfully like one of their Wal-Mart models that I saw not too long ago.
Greg Raven
Semi-Pro
WTF?? Anyone with basic color/dress sense knows that black and orange don't go together. Losers
Does "anyone" include the multi-mega-buck Marlboro McLaren F1 team, which chose similar colors so they would appear the way the sponsors wanted when races are televised?
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
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stormholloway
Legend
This racquet looks like crap. Good day Wilson. It's been fun.
Even though a lot of people don't like the PJ now, once they see federer using the k-factor it'll grow on them. just how the PS Tour 90 looks dated, the nCode Tour 90 will be perceived the same way. More detail in the k-factor trumps the plain look of the red/white of the nCode
pham4313
Professional
according to wikipedia:
In Sheet metal engineering, the term k-factor has the following meaning:
During bending the inner surface of the bend is subjected to compression while the outer surface is subjected to tension. However there is layer in between which is free from any forces and thus its length remains the same. This is called the neutral axis ( N.A ). The radius of this layer of metal is called the neutral bend arc radius ( NBAR )and is defined as the inside bend radius plus a percentage( K-factor ) of the metal thickness.
NBAR = BR + (T * K-factor)
The K-Factor ( K ) depends on the material, the type of bending operation (coining, air-bending), the ratio of the Bend Radius to the metal thickness ( R/T ) and is typically between 0.3 to 0.5. For most types of steels it is around 0.33 to 0.4
In Sheet metal engineering, the term k-factor has the following meaning:
During bending the inner surface of the bend is subjected to compression while the outer surface is subjected to tension. However there is layer in between which is free from any forces and thus its length remains the same. This is called the neutral axis ( N.A ). The radius of this layer of metal is called the neutral bend arc radius ( NBAR )and is defined as the inside bend radius plus a percentage( K-factor ) of the metal thickness.
NBAR = BR + (T * K-factor)
The K-Factor ( K ) depends on the material, the type of bending operation (coining, air-bending), the ratio of the Bend Radius to the metal thickness ( R/T ) and is typically between 0.3 to 0.5. For most types of steels it is around 0.33 to 0.4
WhiteSox05CA
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