Victor Hypernano X-800 | 2015

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  1. dbswansea

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    At least a hypernano doesn't sound like something out of an ann summers catalogue like my thruster.
     
    #81 dbswansea, Dec 27, 2014
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    We can be thankful they didn't release a Thruster KY...(yet)
     
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    It's more like being called "Jonath Willia".
     
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    I would have gone with "Quasar", but the real name is so close to "Hypernova"...
     
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    They've clearly watched Sharknado, and thought..."it (kinda) worked for them".
     
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    Never mind Sharknado - I saw Icetastrophe on telly last night.
     
    #86 Mark A, Dec 27, 2014
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    Hahaha maybe they really are getting their ideas from B novies.
     
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    [video=youtube;EkVguDb6otc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkVguDb6otc&t=0m6s[/video]
     
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    My son watches a lot of Power Rangers: Super Mega Force. Maybe they got it from there.
     
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    Am going into hibernation away frm the restless nano...
     
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    I'll try move on from how truly, utterly awful the racquet name is :p and try to focus back on the racquet itself... um... oh, "Aero-diamond" tech, that's new...
     
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    It may have a fancy name but the graphic cross section shows it is clearly just a octablade missing the top side which is turned into a recess channel instead. It's old tech with a different twist to it. IMO the aerosword had more thought put into it.
     
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    I actually thought at first glance (on the OP image) that the tech logo was for Aero-sword, which would have been an interesting crossover, but as you said, when I looked at the brochure pdf, Aero-Diamond was very much like a modified Octablade.
    The brochure also states that it'll be a 4U and 5U release, which seems strange - could this be the result of the new racquet composition materials reducing weight by that much?
     
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    It certainly seems to be the way victor is choosing to go. But at what point will reducing mass be too much? The arc FB is probably the best modern example of new technology or material to make a light racket that failed durability wise in a most spectacular fashion. I certainly do not dare take a 4U/5U model to my usual tension unless I can say for certain that I get it at 86g.
     
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    I tried the JS9 (5U) and it was quite fragile (as in it broke on the first night without ever clashing it), but I'm hoping it was just a defect.

    Let's hope the HX are more solid.
     
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    That sucks. I've been hearing about the fragility of the aerosword frame even in 3U as well. I'm just thankful my 8ST hasn't caved yet even at 30/31.
     
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    I'm looking to the JS10 for next season... really, really hoping it'll do 30/31 in 4U. Smaller head, so I might get away with it.
     
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    Would the denser pattern allow you to string 1 lb less to have the same feel?
     
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    If it's small enough maybe. But somehow When I look at the difference between the JS10 and normal JS heads I simply see it as the difference between the BS12 and BSLYD. I just get it done at the same tension regardless. Doesn't make a big difference for me xD
     
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    Well, if Tsai and Shin are running 3U's at 33, I think a decent 4U will be OK with 31 - less than 10% weight difference with a 10% drop in tension.
     
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