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A shuttlecock (also called a baboon or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. Information technology has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base of operations. The shuttlecock's shape makes information technology extremely aerodynamically stable. Regardless of initial orientation, information technology will plow to fly cork first, and remain in the cork-first orientation.

Origins [edit]

The object resembles a militarist's lure, used from ancient times in the preparation of hunting birds.^{[ citation needed ]} Information technology is often shortened to shuttle. The "shuttle" part of the name is derived from its dorsum-and-forth motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a 14th-century loom, while the "erect" part of the name is derived from the resemblance of the feathers to those on a rooster.^[1] ^{[ failed verification ]}

Specifications [edit]

A shuttlecock weighs around 4.75 to 5.50 grand (0.168 to 0.194 oz). It has 16 feathers with each feather 62 to 70 mm (ii.iv to 2.8 in) in length, and the bore of the cork is 25 to 28 mm (0.98 to 1.ten in).^[2] The diameter of the circle that the feathers make is around 58 to 68 mm (2.3 to 2.7 in).^[3] ^{[ citation needed ]}

Construction and materials [edit]

A shuttlecock is formed from 16 or so overlapping feathers, usually goose or duck, embedded into a rounded cork base of operations. Feathers are plucked from the wings of a live goose or duck, a method which has been accounted cruel by animal rights activists in contempo years.^[4] The cork is covered with thin leather.^[5] To ensure satisfactory flight properties, it is considered preferable to use feathers from right or left wings only in each shuttlecock, and not mix feathers from different wings, every bit the feathers from unlike wings are shaped differently. Badminton companies make shuttlecock corks by sandwiching polyurethane between corks and/or using a whole piece of natural cork. With the first method, the cork becomes misshaped afterward use, while the cork in the latter method changes very little after apply. This is because the construction of the shuttlecock is more than durable when fabricated with a unmarried piece of natural cork.^[6] ^[7]

Feather or synthetic shuttlecocks [edit]

The feathers are brittle; shuttlecocks interruption easily and often need to be replaced several times during a game. For this reason, constructed shuttlecocks have been developed that supersede the feathers with a plastic skirt. Players often refer to constructed shuttlecocks as plastics and feathered shuttlecocks as feathers'. Feather shuttles need to be properly humidified for at least 4 hours prior to play in gild to fly the correct distance at the proper speed and to final longer. Properly humidified feathers flex during play, enhancing the shuttle'due south speed modify and durability. Dry feathers are breakable and pause easily, causing the shuttle to wobble. Saturated feathers are 'mushy', making the feather cone narrow too much when strongly hit, which causes the shuttle to fly overly far and fast. Typically a humidification box is used, or a small moist sponge is inserted in the feather end of the closed shuttle tube container, avoiding whatsoever water contact with the cork of the shuttle. Shuttles are tested prior to play to brand certain they fly true and at the proper speed, and comprehend the proper distance. Unlike weights of shuttles are used to compensate for local atmospheric conditions. Both humidity and pinnacle above sea level affect shuttle flight. Earth Badminton Federation Rules say the shuttle should reach the far doubles service line plus or minus half the width of the tram. Co-ordinate to manufacturers proper shuttle will generally travel from the back line of the courtroom to simply short of the long doubles service line on the opposite side of the net, with a total underhand hitting from an average histrion.^[eight]

Shuttlecock at a badminton court in Penang, Malaysia.

The cost of skilful 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 flying. Feather shuttles are hands damaged and should be replaced every three or iv games or sooner if they are damaged and do not fly directly. Damaged shuttles interfere with play as any harm may misdirect the flying of the shuttlecock.

Nearly experienced and skillful players greatly prefer feathers, and serious tournaments or leagues are always played using plume shuttlecocks of the highest quality.^[9]

The playing characteristics of plastics and feathers are substantially unlike. Plastics fly more slowly on initial impact, but slow down less towards the end of their flight. While feathers tend to drop straight downward on a articulate shot, plastics never quite return to a direct drop, falling more on a diagonal. Feather shuttles may come off the strings at speeds in backlog of 320 km/h (200 mph) but slow down faster as they drop.

References [edit]

^ "erect | Origin and meaning of cock past Online Etymology Dictionary". world wide web.etymonline.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
^ Whittemore, Frank. "Badminton Equipment Regulations". SportsRec . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ "Shuttlecock Trivia". www.xdcbadminton.co.uk. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-05 .
^ Lee, David (twenty January 2020). "Badminton: Earth torso to allow synthetic shuttles from 2021, Singapore'south Loh Kean Yew says move towards sustainability is good". The Straits Times.
^ "Making Birdies: How Shuttlecocks Are Made". Official Badminton. Official Badminton. Archived from the original on 8 Dec 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
^ Kiley, Brendan (July 24, 2013). "The Rise of the Shuttlecock". The Stranger. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved Baronial xiii, 2016.
^ "Yonex Shuttle News" (PDF). www.yonex.ch/. Yonex. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
^ Adjusted from diverse Shuttlecock Manufacturer's recommendations - RSL, Yonex, Carleton, amidst others by J. Wigglesworth. May 2015
^ "BWF's tournament sanctioned shuttlecocks". Badminton World Federation site. Archived from the original on 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01 .

"shuttlecock: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers." Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, 2010. K Dictionaries Ltd.

How to choose a Shuttlecock? [Total Buying Guide]

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