I am working on two Pro Kennex Destiny 290. Weight is 330 grams with lead setup and about 5 points head light. I have been using 4 grams at 12 and 10 G taped to the bottom of the handle. I used to use strips under the grip but I like keeping the balance as head light as possible so when I am testing with lead I mash some strips of lead on the bottom of the handle, tape them on with packaging tape about 1 inch down the grip and then cover with a over grip. I wanted to make the lead permanent so I took off the but cap and expected to see a bunch of balls which are in the Pro Kennex 7G. What I found in both rackets was 2 chambers in the handle. One chamber is filled with a material. I normally grind out this material, install the lead and glue with cotton and a glue gun and then reinstall the butt caps. In both rackets one chamber was empty all the way down to the bottom of the handle. I decided to fill that chamber with cotton and would you believe it took 10 grams of cotton balls to fill the chamber and a little glue on top. Why would they only fill only one chamber? Doing it this way did I not make it less head light. What would you have done?
Pro Kennex Lead in the handle, there is nothing in there!
- Thread starter levy1
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Not all PKs have the Kinetic System.
Now I know!
I am trying to get feedback on how the balance was affected buy placing the weight in the handle 6 inches verses all of it on the bottom.
esgee48
G.O.A.T.
It would be as if you placed the cotton balls in a single mass 3 inches up from the handle. Put the racquets on a balance board if you really need to know how HL your racquet has become. The Destiny 290 is older technology, so they would not have the Ionic nor the Kenetic systems.
