Babolat AERO STORM GT

[Jura-SB]

People aren't saying much about this racket...
I have 2 of them. Used to play with babolat APDC for a year and a half
Now I wanted to go with some more Control oriented frame. Tested AERO STORM cortex and was very pleased with it (didn't have a chance to test AS GT). :-?
Now I got 2 AERO STORMS GT's for 2 weeks. Played few times (9-10) with them and my old Elbow problem has returned after more then a year of absence (while olaying with AeroproDriveCortex)...WHY?
Stiffness rating of AS GT is 67 same as the stiffness of APDC. Other Specifications are almost the same except the headsize and thickness of the frame (COULD THERE BE A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THOSE???).
Considering the headsize I think that the problem isn't there -I'm not missing the sweetspot or hitting with the frame. :-|
I even use the same strings (Babolat PH tour) on lower tension (24-23 kg.).
Sooo...what do you guys think? What needs to be changed?!

 

[Djlpenguin]

im no expert but i though a thinner frame meant more flex, but maybe that means off center hits are less forgiving and would course through the racquet faster and harder?

 

[flashfire276]

So what gave you TE? The APD or the AS? (I'm going to guess APD)

 

[draco092]

So what gave you TE? The APD or the AS? (I'm going to guess APD)

The AS. Read it slowly XD

 

[flashfire276]

The AS. Read it slowly XD

Really? AS is so much more arm friendly compares to APD. Even the GT model, which is stiffer than the Cortex model.

What kind of strings did you have on your racquet?

 

[Jura-SB]

Really? AS is so much more arm friendly compares to APD. Even the GT model, which is stiffer than the Cortex model.

What kind of strings did you have on your racquet?

Old Wilson racket gave me tennis elbow (Wilson graphite pro-old sh***)...
I changed a racket-played with APDC and the paqin has gone away...
Now I use AS Gt and it hurts again...
I'm using PRO HURRICANE TOUR (16L) string.
@Tension-24/23 kg. :-|

 

[Jura-SB]

And I was using the same string on a higher tension (25/24KG) on the APDC racket!?

 

[pheonix6579]

how long have you been playing with the string job. When I used PHT at first they were fine but when they died TE city, which in my case with any poly.

 

[Jura-SB]

how long have you been playing with the string job. When I used PHT at first they were fine but when they died TE city, which in my case with any poly.

Maybe 10-15 hours.
But it was the same from the start...with new strings.
Maybe I need to go for even lower tension or I don't know.
Wouldn't go off poly....never played with multifilament strings....

 

[Jura-SB]

Bump...

 

[Darkhors]

I strung up the AS Tour GT with a hybrid, spiky Shark and prince syn gut at 58/62 respectively and it felt much stiffer than my buddies APDC with all Poly at 60lbs. You have to take into account that it does have one extra cross in it, which doesn't seem like it would make that big of a difference but it does. You may want to try a hybrid with the PHT and X1 or something like that. PHT to me feels much stiffer than spiky shark, so I can just imagine how an entire string bed feels with that.

DH

 

[Jura-SB]

Thank you Darkhors.
Yes...I should try some hybrid combination. Right now I gave second racket to stringing (same racket) .I will put TEcnifibre Black Code with 23/22 kg.
Will give it a try tommorow.
Hope it will be better.