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shuttlecock Test standards

6/8/2014

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At the moment the only information on a tube of shuttles is the speed and there is no recognized standard for this. In a sport where the characteristics of the projectile is fundamental this is ridiculous.
We at Bird Design are working on some simple tests to set a standard. Weight and size are already defined. Final spin rate and rate of spin acceleration need to be defined. Porosity of the skirt is easy to measure. Rigidity of the skirt is easy to measure. Grip on the racket face can be measured. Flight parabola (peak and drop) is less easy to measure but is a function of the value of all the other attributes.
Any inputs to this work would be welcomed.
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Robert Best
2/4/2015 03:55:02 am

The measure of a shuttles flight can surely be judged by a full court underarm clear.
The height being set by a feather shuttle, upper and lower ranges set by fixing bars for the clear to pass between.
then judging the composite shuttle against the path set by the feather.
This being recorded and tracked
this should work provided the weights of the shuttles are similar.

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gordon willis link
4/4/2015 03:32:25 pm

Thanks Robert.
that's pretty much what we do using a fixed high speed camera and overlaying the flight parabolas. It's not that we can't do comparisons it's more that you need to do a large number, as feather shuttles vary and, as good as top players are at consistent underarm serves, there is always variation. We are looking at various launchers and comparing their repeatability. We are confident that we have the parabola right but it would be good get a simple, repeatable, benchmark.
Gordon Willis

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Shyam link
21/6/2018 10:01:36 am

Great to know that. I generally use Yonex or Li-ning shuttlecocks which i buy online at SportsUncle.

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Untitled link
27/8/2023 10:37:44 pm

Greatt reading your blog

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