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And now for something completely different!
It is not often we get to do something completely different but this is that time!
Everyone loves to see what the very latest racquets are going to look like and how they will play but what about taking a look back, not forward!
This racquet review is going way back! I am not sure when this racquet was made but suffice it to say it was a while ago. I will guess that it is over sixty (60) years old.
Well, OK! What is it?
It is a Wright & Ditson Olympic!
Wright & Ditson Olympic
This is a beautiful 68 square inch wooden racquet. The wooden grip pallet is wrapped with a very wide piece of perforated leather, not the slender leather used today.
The racquet has no butt cap. Or didn’t have a butt cap but now it does.
Pay particular attention to the weight of this racquet, and the stiffness!
Many of the current racquets will be in the 315-gram range with an RDC flex of 55+.
When we received it the condition was not great but it was straight and worth renovating. We all know how beautiful some wooden racquets can be so let’s get to the specifications.
| Manufacturer | Wright & Ditson |
|---|---|
| Racquet Model | Wright & Ditson Olympic |
| Reference Tension | 45lbs/20.4kg |
| String | Head Synthethic 17 |
| Machine Used | True Tension Professional |
| ASPS, RDC | 36 |
| ASPS, FlexFour | 50 |
| Racquet Flex, RDC | 12 - After stringing |
| Racquet Flex, FlexFour | 27.0 |
| Racquet - In Plane Stiffness | 500.0 lbs/Inch |
| Weight, Grams | 401.0 |
| Weight, Ounces | 14.14 |
| Balance, mm | 307 |
| Balance, Inch | 12.09 |
| Length, Cm | 68.6 |
| Length, Inch | 27.008 |
| Head Width | 8.13 |
| Head Length | 10.8 |
| Head Area, cm2 | 444.6 |
| Head Area, Sq. Inch | 68.9 |
| Number of Main Strings | 18 |
| Number of Cross Strings | 20 |
| Ratio Cross/Mains | .677 |
| Main String Grid | 7.00 |
| Cross String Grid | 8.30 |
| Density (% of head filled with string) | .843 |
| Average Cross String Space | .415 |
| Average Main String Space | .389 |
| Dynamic Tension, Kp, ERT | 30 |
| Dynamic Tension, Lbs/in | 167.8 |
| First Moment, Nm | .932 |
| Polar Moment | 368 |
| Torsional Stability | 9 |
| Swing Weight, Kg/cm2 | 359 |
| Swing Weight, Ounces | 12.66 |
| Swing Weight Calculated | 377.9 |
| Power, RDC | 0 |
| Control, RDC | 100 |
| Manueverability, RDC | 47 |
| Power, Calculated | 296.9 |
| Head Points | 11.02 |
| Head Weight, % | 44.9% |
| Center of Percussion | 21.0 |
| Dwell Time, ms | 10.6 |
| Efective Stiffness - lbs | 9.0 |
| K, Lb/In | 115.4 |
| Recoil Weight | 189.8 |
| Twist Weight | 203.8 |
| End Weight | 174.9 |
| Tip Weight | 225.0 |
| 9 O'Clock | 115.9 |
| 3 O'Clock | 115.0 |
| Butt Cap | 168.9 |
House Cleaning!
Every once in a while Racquet Quest decides to do a little house cleaning and that means opening boxes that have not been open for a long time!
And surprise! We find a lot of really interesting and exciting tennis racquets! Most of these have been on the Racquet Museum site but now it is time for them to find a new place to hang out!
Most of these racquets are new! Many have been strung for evaluation purposes but have not been played with! All of the racquets will be fitted with a new grip. All the racquets will come with the string that is now in the racquet, unless new stringing is requested. All racquets are sold “as is”. Most of them are new, but the string may be several years old. There will not be any “junk” offered, just good racquets!
| Racquet Brand | Model | Head Size | Grip Size | String | Condition | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson | nCode n1 | 115 | 5 | NXT16 | New | 200.00 |
| Weed | 125 Tour EXT | 125 | 3 | Weed Synthetic Gut | New | 50.00 |
| Weed | 135 Open Tour | 135 | 3 | ALU Power Rough | New | 50.00 |
| Weed | 125 X-One 25 | 125 | 3 | Weed Synthetic Gut | New | 50.00 |
| Prince | Tour 100 18x20 | 100 | 3 | None | New | 150.00 |
| Prince | EXO Warrior 100 | 100 | 2 | Prince Premier Attack | New | 150.00 |
| Prince | EXO Red 105 | 105 | 3 | Prince Premier LT | New | 125.00 |
| Prince | EXO Blue | 110 | 3 | Prince Premier LT | New | 125.00 |
| Prince | EXO Rebel Team 98 | 98 | 3 | Prince Premier/Beast Hybrid | New | 150.00 |
| Prince | EXO Rebel 98 | 98 | 3 | Prince Premier/Beast Hybrid | New | 200.00 |
| Prince | EXO Rebel 95 | 95 | 3 | Prince Beast | New | 200.00 |
| Head | Speed LTD Edition XT | 100 | 4 | None | New | 100.00 |
| Head | Instinct MP XT | 100 | 2 | None | New | 100.00 |
| Head | Graphene Instinct PWR | 115 | 3 | PPS 17 | New | 150.00 |
| Head | Graphene Touch Radical PWR | 110 | 3 | FXP 16 | New | 150.00 |
| Dunlop | AeroGel Smoke | 100 | 5 | Silk 17 | New | 100.00 |
| Dunlop | M-Fil 3 Hundred | 98 | 5 | None | New | 150.00 |
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