Soft poly main with stiff poly cross = better spin and control

[liftordie]

Could I get better spin and control with hybriding a relatively soft poly main with a stiff poly cross?
To prevent denting/notching of the cross, and then increasing the snapback.
Would the softer poly main be able to notch and slide on the stiff cross? As a gut/poly setup?
Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[esgee48]

Your questions are rather hard to answer. When strings deflect, they move both vertically and horizontally. So notched soft poly mains will be more hindered than hard un-notched poly mains. Dented crosses do not hinder vertical or horizontal movement. You could mitigate these issues with differential tensions to a point, since the string that loses tension the most should perhaps not be in the mains. Players tho would feel the hard poly more in the main than the soft one. This again could be affect by tensions used. And how long you plan to keep the strings in the frame. And what gauges are used for the mains vs crosses. If you only keep the strings in until they die, then it does not matter, since the entire stringbed would lack control.

 

[liftordie]

Your questions are rather hard to answer. When strings deflect, they move both vertically and horizontally. So notched soft poly mains will be more hindered than hard un-notched poly mains. Dented crosses do not hinder vertical or horizontal movement. You could mitigate these issues with differential tensions to a point, since the string that loses tension the most should perhaps not be in the mains. Players tho would feel the hard poly more in the main than the soft one. This again could be affect by tensions used. And how long you plan to keep the strings in the frame. And what gauges are used for the mains vs crosses. If you only keep the strings in until they die, then it does not matter, since the entire stringbed would lack control.

Thank you. That's definitely impossible to prevent notching/denting (locking) with a full poly stringbed... I will stay with the same string fullbed.

 

[ron schaap]

Your questions are rather hard to answer. When strings deflect, they move both vertically and horizontally. So notched soft poly mains will be more hindered than hard un-notched poly mains. Dented crosses do not hinder vertical or horizontal movement. You could mitigate these issues with differential tensions to a point, since the string that loses tension the most should perhaps not be in the mains. Players tho would feel the hard poly more in the main than the soft one. This again could be affect by tensions used. And how long you plan to keep the strings in the frame. And what gauges are used for the mains vs crosses. If you only keep the strings in until they die, then it does not matter, since the entire stringbed would lack control.

I think its the same with soft gut mains and Alu crosses like Fed uses. When ball deflects stringbed the soft mains deflect more than the harder crosses, thereby creating more sliding action, provided there is low string to string friction.

 

[liftordie]

I think its the same with soft gut mains and Alu crosses like Fed uses. When ball deflects stringbed the soft mains deflect more than the harder crosses, thereby creating more sliding action, provided there is low string to string friction.

Exactly. I would love to obtain that with thick soft poly main and thin stiff poly cross... But that's impossible.