Palio · Dragon · Short pips
Power Dragon
Power Dragon is an offensive short-pips rubber. Some listings describe it as long pips; the best-supported classification is short pips, and that conflict is recorded rather than hidden. Biotech and G3 listings remain unresolved editions until a distinct approved topsheet is proven.
Also listed as: Palio Power 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
- 84
- Spin
- 63
- Control
- 78
- Arc
- 55
- Hardness
- 45
- Tackiness
- 4
- Block
- 70
- Durability
- 74
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
- Very high flat-hitting speed
- Strong active block
- Low spin sensitivity
Weaknesses
- Limited spin generation
- Little reversal
- Demanding without close-table technique
Best for
- Offensive short-pips hitters
- Close-table blockers
Not ideal for
- Loopers
- Defenders
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 · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 80 · Spin 60 · Control 82
Black · Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 84 · Spin 63 · Control 78
Black · Red · 2.2 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 86 · Spin 64 · Control 76
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 pipsFlying Dragon
Short-pips rubber with a soft printed sponge, built for flat hitting and fast blocking.
Family membership groups related names. It never means shared construction, and family members are never merged into one record.
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