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Equipment Boards => Roto Grip => Topic started by: jbuzz31 on July 06, 2009, 07:10:07 AM
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I noticed the nomads have a slightly high RG and as well the pictures do not depict any filler whereas the Cells and Illusions depict filler in the ball pictures. Does anybody know whether this is the case or not?or just a online picture lol.
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Ive Eaten From The Insane Root That Imprisons Reason
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noticed that also, and would like the skinny on it also
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c/2 flavored kool - aide is my favorite, but I am looking for black raspberry flavor
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Good eye in catching that. I'm curious as well...
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The original Silver Streaks didn't have filler, so I hope these are the same way.
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whoever said size doesn't matter never had trouble with a thumbhole
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The original Silver Streaks didn't have filler, so I hope these are the same way.
I did not know that...Maybe that is one of the reasons why they hit so darn hard.
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The original Silver Streaks didn't have filler, so I hope these are the same way.
Good info to have.
I think thats how they are able to get away with having a fairly high RG (2.55) and high diff (.055)
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Ive Eaten From The Insane Root That Imprisons Reason
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There IS NOT a wrap in this ball. Storm is also coming out with the Reign which will not have one either.
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Steve Richter
USBC Silver Level Coach
IBPSIA Certified Technician
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Maybe that is one of the reasons why they hit so darn hard
And the reason why there were so few cases with cracking...
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Roto Grip forever!!!! What else is there??
Team Member Of
Hoss Central Inc.
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There IS NOT a wrap in this ball.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet
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Ive Eaten From The Insane Root That Imprisons Reason
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Now I'm really interested to try the Nomad Solid....ball looks good and I'm interested to try a ball without filler...see what it does for me.
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University at Albany 2007
-Let's Go Danes-
ROTO GRIP - King of Them All
STORM - The Bowlers Company
Harry E. Inglis 3/31/1915 - 2/3/2009
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Keep in mind Nomad solids come with shiny cover for shelf appeal only. I'm going to knock mine down to my favorite surface when I drill it this week...More info and a report to come if I get a chance to throw them before Friday.
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Steve Richter
USBC Silver Level Coach
IBPSIA Certified Technician
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The Thunderstruck pearls had filler.
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My Vid (http://"http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/RevLefty/Vids/?action=view¤t=OnePearl.flv")
Just another hack with too much equipment.
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My Silver Streak SE shows that in drilling the weight hole, we went through about 2 inches of shell before drilling into the core - no filler. This would be one of the advantages of large volume cores you can get a thicker shell. Another would be to reduce the number of steps in production. A third advantage would be thicker shells typically give you a higher coefficient of restitution (COA).
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The Thunderstruck pearls had filler.
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I think you're mistaken, but it's possible that this was the case in the lighter weight Thunderstrucks.
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The Thunderstruck pearls had filler.
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I think you're mistaken, but it's possible that this was the case in the lighter weight Thunderstrucks.
I have 2 in my closet, they definitely have filler.
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My Vid (http://"http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/RevLefty/Vids/?action=view¤t=OnePearl.flv")
Just another hack with too much equipment.
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I know the Fire line of balls (Fired Up, Spitfire, etc.) had no filler thanks to their large cores as well.
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The Thunderstruck pearls had filler.
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I think you're mistaken, but it's possible that this was the case in the lighter weight Thunderstrucks.
I have 2 in my closet, they definitely have filler.
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So the coverstock is only ~1/2" thick everywhere there is a hole?
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The Thunderstruck pearls had filler.
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I think you're mistaken, but it's possible that this was the case in the lighter weight Thunderstrucks.
I have 2 in my closet, they definitely have filler.
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So the coverstock is only ~1/2" thick everywhere there is a hole?
My Thunderstruck solid has a different depth of coverstock at each hole, I'd have to go get it from the pro shop and look to see if its filler or core below but it looked odd when drilling it.
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BowlingChat.net (http://"http://www.bowlingchat.net")
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So the coverstock is only ~1/2" thick everywhere there is a hole?
My Thunderstruck solid has a different depth of coverstock at each hole, I'd have to go get it from the pro shop and look to see if its filler or core below but it looked odd when drilling it.
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BowlingChat.net (http://"http://www.bowlingchat.net")
That's all I needed to know.
As far as I'm concerned it's a ball without filler then and like most of the Storm balls without filler the core numbers in 14# drop off significantly.
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I'll check when i get home to see if the depth is the same at the fingers and the weight hole to make sure it's not the core. Honestly I didn't really think, I saw material in the weight hole and the fingers and just assumed.
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My Vid (http://"http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/RevLefty/Vids/?action=view¤t=OnePearl.flv")
Just another hack with too much equipment.
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I'll check when i get home to see if the depth is the same at the fingers and the weight hole to make sure it's not the core. Honestly I didn't really think, I saw material in the weight hole and the fingers and just assumed.
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In comparison to the Fired Up, the cover on the Thunderstruck is thinner in places since the core is much larger in them. I've seen balance holes in a Twin V cored ball that don't hit the core until they are more than 2" deep.
That's not going to happen on the Thunderstruck, that core is just too round.
Sorry for the hijack, but I think the OP's question was already answered... LOL