Yonex Nanoray Tour 99 is designed and developed at Yonex Japan. With X- Fullerene material technology , Tour 99 is fast swing racket for those who wants to dominate in the game quick racket reactions. With Aero Frame section at top side gives better swing speed while box type frame at bottom side offers greater stability to racket head and results into effective shot placement.weight of Racket is around 85 gms with G5 Grip .
Flex of the racket is stiff which gives additional power in shots. Head light racket with stiff flex is a deadly combination for those who wants lightning fast racket response.
Overall , Tour 99 is solid feel racket for attacking game play type. Players with fast and attacking game type will like this racket most.
Technology in Yonex Nanoray Tour 99 Yonex Nanomesh and Carbon Nanotube material for Headlight Configuration Yonex used Nanomesh and nanotube material into shaft and frame of the racket. This new type of material create a mesh type material structure which gives following key benefits to players:
A - Very Light but rigid Badminton racket structure. B - Lightweight racket helps in placing better drive shots. C - Better Racket strength and handling. D - Improved repulsion Power and strength.
Yonex Isometric Head Shape for Enlarged Sweet Spot Yonex used Isometric head shape in this racket instead of oval shape. Isometric head shape designed to offer similar length of vertical string as horizontal string. This new frame shape offers following key benefits to players
A - Isometric shape gives better head stability. B - Isometric head shape gives enlarged sweet spot by which player can place powerfull shots. C - With Enlarged sweet spot , badminton player can hit effective shots even if shuttle hit off center.
Yonex Hybrid Frame Cross Sections (Box + Aero) Yonex used hybrid badminton racket frame concept. In this concept , upper side of frame head is kept as Aero shape cross section. Aero Cross section offers less air resistance thus help in better racket swing speed, better power transfer to shuttle. Futhers , Box type frame is used at lower and mid ways which give better strength to racket frame. With better strength , player will feel better racket head stability which help in good direction control of shuttle.
Yonex Built in T Joint Joint of any device is a weaker part and its affect the overall dynamic of the device. In Racket T joint is a weaker part and its affect the racket stability when shuttle hits the string bed. During shuttle impact on string bed, forces are transferred to T joint and if joint is weak in nature then it could cause direction instability of shuttle. Yonex identified this problem and developed built in T Joint. Yonex used Molded deep into the layers of graphite which gives joint free section and provide more rigid racket.
Yonex Control Cap Control cap is a concept which is developed by Yonex to improve gripping of racket. Cap is a part which connect shaft with handle. Badminton player hold the racket from handle and finally grip its with Cap. Yonex used more flat surface on cap (88 PERCENT flat surface) which gives opportunity to grip more accurately
Yonex X-Fullerene Yonex used lates X Fullerene material which uses 4 radial ribs combine the carbon atom to give football like structure. X Fullerene give cross link construction with following key benefits:
A - 5 % higher Repulsion power. B - 15 % better Racket stability . C - 6 % better Racket stiffness.