Tier One Firewire Boost mains vs cross tension

[thecatch33]

Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. I have been on a poly/poly hybrid experimentation binge recently and have enjoyed T1 Firewire Boost 17g quite a bit. One thing I've been noodling is experimenting with tension differentials in the mains and crosses.

I know there are different schools of thought here, but I seem to see many people for poly/poly hybrids stringing their crosses 2-4# lighter than the mains. On the other hand, there is another generally accepted school of thought that with hybrid poly/multi, you string the poly 2-4# lighter than the multi given the difference in stiffness.

Yes, I know Ghostwire is not a multi, but given that Ghostwire is relatively quite soft compared to normal polys, I'm wondering if the poly/multi thinking applies more here and thus I should be stringing the soft GW crosses at a higher tension than the stiffer FW mains.

Simplifying the question even further, if I take a standard Firewire Boost setup (1.25 FW main / 1.22 GW cross) as a hypothetical example (although really any stiff poly main and soft poly cross would apply), do people feel they get better results with lower cross tension or higher cross tension relative to their mains tension?

 

[PRS]

Personally I don't see the need to change tension on the crosses here, but if I were to string them at a different tension, I'd go lower on the crosses.

 

[studpuffin]

I think it depends on what results you want. If you prefer a slightly higher launch angle, go lower on the crosses. I personally string my GW cross about 2 lbs lower than my FW mains as I prefer a higher launch angle.