Hey TW Prof!
I'm a huge fan of your spin research and am curious as to whether or not there are plans to "sync" or coordinate your data across the various spin-related topics?
For example, in your new string-on-ball data you don't include Focus Hex. But when one follows your (excellent) advice to look up rankings using the static friction string tool by hiding hybrids Focus Hex is at the top! It just seems weird that one wouldn't have coordinated the subject strings when researching the different spin-related topics.
So I'm going to be bold here and suggest some strings for study across all of your various experiments. These suggestions are based on my own trial-and-error activities using bits of your previous spin-related research.
I'd also like to suggest that you examine spin-characteristic longevity. Some of the strings with the lowest friction ratings quickly lose their low-friction characteristics with use as they become "dented".
STRINGS/HYBRIDS SUGGESTED FOR COMPREHENSIVE STUDY:
- VS Touch Black / MSV CoFocus 1.23
- VS Touch Black / MSV Focus Hex 1.18 or 1.23
These hybrids exhibit ultra-low friction between mains and crosses. Even at reference tensions in the high 50s+ one can freely slide the mains back and forth across the crosses and can do so even after extended play. Meanwhile the crosses wear grooves in the mains such that if you move a cross out of position it makes a loud "snapping" noise when you slide it back into place. After trying many different poly cross with VS mains none has come close to this level of extended performance (RPM Blast provides great performance at first but then locks up with extended play...Luxilon crosses lock up the gut mains even faster. Hurricane Feel lasts longer than Blast but not as long as the MSV products).
I'm a huge fan of your spin research and am curious as to whether or not there are plans to "sync" or coordinate your data across the various spin-related topics?
For example, in your new string-on-ball data you don't include Focus Hex. But when one follows your (excellent) advice to look up rankings using the static friction string tool by hiding hybrids Focus Hex is at the top! It just seems weird that one wouldn't have coordinated the subject strings when researching the different spin-related topics.
So I'm going to be bold here and suggest some strings for study across all of your various experiments. These suggestions are based on my own trial-and-error activities using bits of your previous spin-related research.
I'd also like to suggest that you examine spin-characteristic longevity. Some of the strings with the lowest friction ratings quickly lose their low-friction characteristics with use as they become "dented".
STRINGS/HYBRIDS SUGGESTED FOR COMPREHENSIVE STUDY:
- VS Touch Black / MSV CoFocus 1.23
- VS Touch Black / MSV Focus Hex 1.18 or 1.23
These hybrids exhibit ultra-low friction between mains and crosses. Even at reference tensions in the high 50s+ one can freely slide the mains back and forth across the crosses and can do so even after extended play. Meanwhile the crosses wear grooves in the mains such that if you move a cross out of position it makes a loud "snapping" noise when you slide it back into place. After trying many different poly cross with VS mains none has come close to this level of extended performance (RPM Blast provides great performance at first but then locks up with extended play...Luxilon crosses lock up the gut mains even faster. Hurricane Feel lasts longer than Blast but not as long as the MSV products).
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