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Cornilleau · Pilot · Inverted
Pilot Pulse
An elastic medium-soft offensive rubber with explosive acceleration and a more precise response than Pilot Sound Power.
Official Cornilleau specifications
Official Cornilleau data: sponge hardness, sponge colour, published thicknesses, colours, technologies and country of manufacture, taken from Cornilleau's current product pages and rubber catalogue.
- Brand
- Cornilleau · France
- Family
- Pilot
- Category
- Inverted
- Surface
- Grippy, non-tacky
- Sponge
- In-Tens² · Orange sponge
- Sponge hardness
- 37.5°
- Hardness scale
- Sponge degree as published by Cornilleau
- Published thicknesses
- 2.0 mm · Max
- Colours
- Red · Black
- Technologies
- Grip Extend · Pulse Concept · In-Tens²
- Manufactured in
- Germany
- Playing strategy
- OFF+
- Competition status
- Approval not currently verified
- Ball type
- Standard 40+
- Last verified
- 2 August 2026
Sponge degrees are shown as published by Cornilleau and are never relabelled Shore A, Shore C or ESN. Max is Cornilleau's label for maximum legal sponge thickness. It is not OX, it is not a sponge-free sheet, and no invented millimetre value is stored for it. No reliable official Cornilleau list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
TTDNA ratings
Confidence: High
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official Cornilleau rating and never a conversion of Cornilleau's own scale.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Response and behaviour
Variants and configurations
4 variantsColour and thickness are variants of one model, never separate products. Max is Cornilleau's maximum legal sponge thickness — it is not OX and never a sponge-free sheet.
Red · 2.0 mm
Pilot Pulse 2.0 mm · Sponged · 37.5°
Speed 8.7 · Spin 8.2 · Control 7.9
Black · 2.0 mm
Pilot Pulse 2.0 mm · Sponged · 37.5°
Speed 8.7 · Spin 8.2 · Control 7.9
Red · Max
Pilot Pulse Max · Sponged · 37.5°
Speed 8.9 · Spin 8.3 · Control 7.7
Black · Max
Pilot Pulse Max · Sponged · 37.5°
Speed 8.9 · Spin 8.3 · Control 7.7
Technologies
- Grip Extend · Topsheet
- An elastic high-grip topsheet concept intended to increase mechanical grip and spin generation.
- Pulse Concept · Pimple Geometry
- A topsheet geometry focused on explosive acceleration and elastic ball release.
- In-Tens² · Sponge
- A highly elastic sponge concept designed for strong energy transfer, feedback and catapult.
Assessment
Pilot Pulse combines a 37.5° In-Tens² sponge with a grippy elastic topsheet. It offers pronounced catapult, clear feedback and easy topspin acceleration while remaining more stable than the softer Sound Power.
Strengths
- Strong automatic acceleration
- Good topspin arc
- Comfortable backhand performance
- Clear ball feedback
- Useful medium-distance speed
Weaknesses
- Lively in serve receive
- Less linear than Drive rubbers
- Can bottom out during maximum forehand impact
Best for
- Backhand attackers
- Two-wing topspin players
- Players preferring medium-soft tensor response
Not ideal for
- Players wanting a dead short game
- Very powerful forehand specialists
Player fit
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Elastic topspin · Fast acceleration · Two-wing offensive
- Recommended side
- Backhand · Forehand
- Aliases
- Cornilleau Pilot Pulse
Known users
No public report for this exact sheet. Shown: contracted Cornilleau athletes — model use not confirmed.