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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: J_w73 on July 14, 2010, 07:43:00 AM

Title: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: J_w73 on July 14, 2010, 07:43:00 AM
What are the differences in reaction between these two on the lane?
Which one is better for drier lanes?
Which one is more angular at the breakpoint.. or can be made more angular with the right drilling??
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18 mph,350 rpm,PAP 5 1/2 x 3/8up, 15 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+
HighGame 300 x 5, High Series 808
Book Average 220,PBA Xperience 185
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: bltbyj on July 14, 2010, 03:54:40 PM
I would think the Tropical Heat would be more than the Tropical on the back end.
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: Monster Pike on July 14, 2010, 04:08:09 PM
Especially the hybrid one...
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Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: Nor Cal Bowler on July 14, 2010, 04:29:18 PM
Are you wanting smooth or are you wanting snap? Better yet I'll talk to ya during league...
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: J_w73 on July 14, 2010, 04:35:53 PM
quote:
Are you wanting smooth or are you wanting snap? Better yet I'll talk to ya during league...


Snap..
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18 mph,350 rpm,PAP 5 1/2 x 3/8up, 15 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+
HighGame 300 x 5, High Series 808
Book Average 220,PBA Xperience 185
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: J_w73 on July 14, 2010, 04:45:21 PM
quote:
Especially the hybrid one...
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Monster Pike

Proud to have served in the U.S. Army!!




Any personal experience with this ??

From what I have seen, hy-brids tend to grab the lane a bit more and be a little smoother and earlier than just a straight pearl..
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18 mph,350 rpm,PAP 5 1/2 x 3/8up, 15 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+
HighGame 300 x 5, High Series 808
Book Average 220,PBA Xperience 185
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: strikestriketapped on July 14, 2010, 04:56:46 PM
I have a Tropical Heat Hybrid drilled 4" pin to PAP, pin under bridge. For me, even at it's box surface, it hooks pretty early. From what I have seen, the Tropical Heat Pearl goes longer and covers less boards due to it being just pearl, and not solid and pearl like the Hybrid.
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: J_w73 on July 14, 2010, 05:14:57 PM
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I have a Tropical Heat Hybrid drilled 4" pin to PAP, pin under bridge. For me, even at it's box surface, it hooks pretty early. From what I have seen, the Tropical Heat Pearl goes longer and covers less boards due to it being just pearl, and not solid and pearl like the Hybrid.


I don't want early.. looking for long and snap.
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18 mph,350 rpm,PAP 5 1/2 x 3/8up, 15 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+
HighGame 300 x 5, High Series 808
Book Average 220,PBA Xperience 185
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: strikestriketapped on July 14, 2010, 06:29:36 PM
The original Reign would give you the most snap from Storm. The Tropical Heat Pearl will give you more than the Hybrid, though.
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: strikestriketapped on July 14, 2010, 06:29:43 PM
The original Reign would give you the most snap from Storm. The Tropical Heat Pearl will give you more than the Hybrid, though.
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: LuckyLefty on July 14, 2010, 07:20:04 PM
Man....I have that old Pink Black Tropical Heat and man if the lanes are a little dryer man can that thing SNAP!  I barely can keep on the lane!  Long then RIGHT for this lefty!

For sale!

REgards,

Luckylefty
PS to Clarify...

This one....lots of what they call....Lope  (http://"http://www.stormbowling.com/products/balls/classic/black-pink")
Note this core has higher rg and less flare than today''s core for the Tropical''s

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Edited on 7/14/2010 7:39 PM
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: charlest on July 14, 2010, 11:51:37 PM
JW,

Be careful with these balls. Both the Tropical Storm & the Tropical Heat will give you snap but on different oil amounts. They are DIFFERENT balls for DIFFERENT purposes.

On dry or very light oil, the Tropical Storm will be skid/snap. But on medium oil, when the Tropical Heat will still be skid/snap, the Tropical Storm will just be skid. On very light oil, the Tropical Heat may not get enough length, depending on drill and your ball speed, to skid/snap. It may just arc.

Again the above is to the average bowler. If you have more speed than revs, thing change. If you have more revs than speed, things change the other way.

Remember you're NOT going to cover dry, light, medium-light and medium oil with the same ball giving the same ball reaction (skid/snap).
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Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: J_w73 on July 15, 2010, 02:05:05 PM
thanks for the info.. the tropical storm may be the ball I want to look at..

so it is weaker than the heat....??

How bout the tropical storm compared to the freeze..??
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18 mph,350 rpm,PAP 5 1/2 x 3/8up, 15 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+
HighGame 300 x 5, High Series 808
Book Average 220,PBA Xperience 185
Title: Re: tropical storm or tropical heat
Post by: Nor Cal Bowler on July 15, 2010, 04:49:50 PM
quote:
thanks for the info.. the tropical storm may be the ball I want to look at..

so it is weaker than the heat....??

How bout the tropical storm compared to the freeze..??
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18 mph,350 rpm,PAP 5 1/2 x 3/8up, 15 deg axis tilt, varied rotational axis deg.. usually 45+
HighGame 300 x 5, High Series 808
Book Average 220,PBA Xperience 185



the heat is stronger then the tropical storm. The heat has alot stronger core...