Upgrade on Galaxy W6

I have been using a galaxy w6 for a while and I really like it but at the same time, I am looking for a blade that has similar characteristics but a little heavier and maybe 20-30% faster. 

LGL_fan wrote: There are lots of options. My favorites that are faster but with soft touch are: OSP Virtuoso+ Nittaku Acoustic Butterfly Petr Korbel

Yeah, I totally agree with you that those blades are softer and faster but in reality, they are more expensive and mainly not suitable for short distance attack and flat hits.

ACOUSTICCCCCCCC, seriously i've been using this for awhile and it's awesome, its fast enough to get you up to ~1800-1900 imo

I completely agree with cole. 

Edited by debraj - 09/05/2012 at 1:29pm

ttplayer92 wrote: im not worried about increasing my ranking. I just wanted a heavier blade with more power.

yes, I guess a heavier w6 will do the trick. i really like how you can feel the ball when you hit with the blade.

OSP Virtuoso and Acoustic are comparable to W6, but have a much better feel. They're maybe just a bit more elastic, due to the use of hide glue instead of stiff epoxy glue.
If you like the relative stiffness of W6, consider OSP Viruotoso+, which also has a bit lower throw.

Don't agree that OSP Viruotoso has better feel compared to W6. The feel is different, that's true. My sample of OSP Viruotoso L 86g is noticeably stiffer than both my W6.

You can try some of that heavy edge tape on the W6 to see if that tweak gets you what you want.

Edited by swampthing - 09/15/2012 at 7:06pm

Would the violin be better choice than an acoustic?

I am okay with generating my own power, i actually would like that more than getting it from the blade. I tried several fast blades, including the F1 and the viscaria and though they were really fast, they didnt have that great dwell time I am looking for. Ideally I am looking for a blade that has amazing feeling (very sticky, lots of dwell time to really let the ball dig to produce lots of spin). 

pnachtwey wrote: If you want power from your blade then burn it.  It is the only way you will ever get power from you blade.

ROFL

pnachtwey wrote: Where does this heavy blade has more power non sense come from?

From the laws of physics, but you're right that it's non sense, as the difference is tiny.

Let's do some math and consider a shot in an ideal world where there is no wasted energy (no friction, impacts are purely elastic, etc.). Ball speed V after impact is roughly proportional to momentum p = m*v (mass m times velocity v). I know, mass of the player's arm has to be calculated in to some extent, but suppose the user is holding the racket so lightly, that it can be considered as being suspended in space during impact.
Say you spend an energy E for your shot and transform it all to kinetic energy: E = 1/2*m*v^2. So if your setup has mass m it will be accelerated to a final speed of (let's discard constant factors):
v is proportional to sqrt(E / m)
So, putting this back in the momentum expression above, we're taking speed out of the equation and the final ball speed relates to mass as follows:
V is proportional to sqrt(E*m)
We've oversimplified the problem here, but this basically tells that a heavier setup will give you a slight speed advantage. How much? let's find out.

Example 1. Say you have a very light blade (60g) and a very heavy one (100g). Say rubbers weigh 80g total, so the light setup is 140g and the heavy is 180g. Assume that at the time of impact your racket is suspended in space and the mass of your hand and arm do not count. The final ball speed with the heavy setup will be 13% faster (sqrt(180/140) = 1.13) than with the light setup.
Example 2 (more typical). Same as above but say the light blade is 70g and the heavy one is 90g and the advantage is just over 6%.

Now add an arm/body inertia of 300g (just guessing here, it's probably more) and in example 1 the speed advantage drops to 4% and in example 2 to 2%.

After all, I'd say that a heavier setup gives you a barely noticeable speed increase.

On the other hand, in passive blocking, once you get it to the right place you just hold your racket there, so you don't need to generate kinetic energy. In that case, only momentum counts and the speed advantage of a heavier setup is proportional to the mass (overall mass: blade, rubbers, and hand/arm), rather than to the square root of it, so it will be a bit higher. Assuming an arm/body weight of 300g (as above), in example 1 the speed advantage in passive blocking is about 9% and in example 2 about 4%. Again, as it is example 2 that rather reflects a normal situation, while example 1 is an extreme case, nothing to really write home about.

Heavier blades of the same construction tend to be more resistive to bending and so have their kick more tune to faster strokes. Still the average w6 is a fast blade, just change rubbers if you want more passive bounce

cole_ely wrote: Just the weight itself makes a huge difference in the speed of the blade, I think.

Let me change that to a heavier blade of the same type should be faster/denser in theory.

Edited by cole_ely - 09/17/2012 at 3:54pm