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Badminton Shuttlecock Types

A shuttlecock is used in the sport of badminton. It has an open, conical shape formed from overlapping feathers embedded in a cork base and covered with leather. Its aerodynamic stability causes it to always fly cork-first. While feathers are preferred, synthetic shuttles made of plastic are more durable but have different flight characteristics than feather shuttles.

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Badminton Shuttlecock Types

A shuttlecock is used in the sport of badminton. It has an open, conical shape formed from overlapping feathers embedded in a cork base and covered with leather. Its aerodynamic stability causes it to always fly cork-first. While feathers are preferred, synthetic shuttles made of plastic are more durable but have different flight characteristics than feather shuttles.

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drag projectile used in the sport of badminton.

It has an open conical shape: the cone is formed


from 16 or so overlapping feathers, usually goose or duck and from the left wing only [citation needed],
embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork is covered with thin leather. The shuttlecock's
shape makes it extremely aerodynamically stable. Regardless of initial orientation, it will turn to
fly cork first, and remain in the cork-first orientation. The name shuttlecock is frequently
shortened to shuttle. The "shuttle" part of the name was probably derived from its back-and-forth
motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a loom; the "cock" part of the name was
probably derived from the resemblance of the feathers to those on a cockerel.
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1 Feathered vs. synthetic shuttlecocks

2 Specifications

3 See also

4 References

Feathered vs. synthetic shuttlecocks[edit]


The feathers are brittle; shuttlecocks break easily and often need to be replaced several times
during a game. For this reason, synthetic shuttlecocks have been developed that replace the
feathers with a plastic skirt. Players often refer to synthetic shuttlecocks as plastics and feathered
shuttlecocks as feathers.
The cost of good quality feathers is similar to that of good quality plastics, but plastics are far
more durable, typically lasting many matches without any impairment to their flight.
Most experienced and skillful players greatly prefer feathers, and serious tournaments or leagues
are always played using feather shuttlecocks of the highest quality.[2]Experienced players
generally prefer the "feel" of feathered shuttlecocks[citation needed] and assert that they are able to
control the flight of feathers better than of plastics. In Asia, where feather shuttlecocks are more
affordable than in Europe and North America, plastic shuttlecocks are hardly used at all. [citation needed]
The playing characteristics of plastics and feathers are substantially different. Plastics fly more
slowly on initial impact, but slow down less towards the end of their flight. While feathers tend to
drop straight down on a clear shot, plastics never quite return to a straight drop, falling more on a
diagonal. Feather shuttles may come off the strings at speeds in excess of 320 km/h (200 mph)
but slow down faster as they drop. For this reason, the feather shuttle makes the game seem
faster,[citation needed] but also allows more time to play strokes. Because feather shuttles fly more
quickly off the racquet face they also tend to cause less shoulder impact and injury.[citation needed]

Specifications[edit]

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