Palio · Dragon · Short pips
Flying Dragon
Flying Dragon is a short-pips rubber and is never filed as long pips. Its printed 36–38° sponge is soft for a pips-out sheet, which keeps blocking easy while retaining a direct, low trajectory. Manufacturer technology claims such as Biotech sponge and PANA-TETRA are stored as marketing labels, not as measured properties. Short pips generate some spin of their own and give only mild reversal; that is different from long pips, which mainly return incoming spin.
Also listed as: Palio Flying Dragon
Specifications and evidence
Approval evidence and market availability are recorded separately. A name listed by an approval source is not proof that the rubber is currently on sale, and a rubber on sale is not proof of a current approval. Approval is never inherited by a suffix or edition, and no expiry date is invented.
Market status describes current commercial availability only. Where it could not be verified it stays unknown rather than being guessed from a shop listing.
Printed hardness values and ranges are manufacturer figures on Palio's own regional or printed scale. A printed 54° is not assumed to equal a DHS or ESN 54°, and ranges such as 36–38 are kept verbatim.
No reliable official Palio list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
TTDNA core profile
- Speed
- 73
- Spin
- 69
- Control
- 86
- Arc
- 60
- Hardness
- 38
- Tackiness
- 4
- Block
- 76
- Durability
- 75
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorial 0–100 ratings. They are not official Palio measurements, not laboratory data and not a conversion of any retailer score.
Short, medium and long pips behave differently: short pips hit flat and generate some spin of their own, medium or half-long pips disrupt trajectory with partial reversal, and long pips mainly return incoming spin. Generated spin and spin reversal are separate ratings.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorial 0–100 ratings. They are not official Palio measurements, not laboratory data and not a conversion of any retailer score.
Strengths
- Fast, accurate blocking
- Direct flat hitting
- Low spin sensitivity
- Good serve return
Weaknesses
- Limited looping
- Little spin reversal
- No OX version documented
Best for
- Close-to-table hitters
- Backhand short-pips players
Not ideal for
- Topspin-only players
- Defenders wanting reversal
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
3 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Black · Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36–38°
Speed 69 · Spin 66 · Control 90
Black · Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36–38°
Speed 73 · Spin 69 · Control 86
Black · Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36–38°
Speed 75 · Spin 70 · Control 84
Known users
Fast-block and hitting players — pen-hold forehands and close-to-table backhands that punish topspin early.
Palio publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
Rest of the Dragon family
Hidden Dragon
Soft-sponge Dragon-family rubber with grippy to mildly tacky surface and printed hardness ranges.
InvertedDrunken Dragon
Inverted Dragon-family rubber listed in the researched approval inventory.
InvertedEmperor Dragon
Inverted Dragon-family rubber listed in the researched approval inventory.
InvertedWildish Dragon
Inverted Dragon-family rubber listed in the researched approval inventory.
Short pipsPower Dragon
Offensive short-pips rubber built around flat hitting and active blocking speed.
Family membership groups related names. It never means shared construction, and family members are never merged into one record.
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