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Centers

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CG importance?
« on: September 18, 2007, 07:00:02 AM »
After watching a video on the importance of the location of the CG to determine whether USBC will allow more than a inch from the center line, which Brunswick showed that location isnt important, then mainly its about the Pin placement?

 

shelley

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Re: CG importance?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2007, 03:38:59 PM »
On symmetric balls, the CG-no-matter stance on layouts is pin placement then weight hole placement, size, and depth.  The CG is used to affect side weight to require a weight hole.

On an asymmetric ball with a marked mass bias, it's pin placement, MB placement, then weight hole.  It may be that your MB placement doesn't require a weight hole on one ball but does on another due to the CG being in or out of line with the pin-MB.

Frankly, if it's truly about the weight hole and not the static weights, put the CG in grip center on every ball and still use the weight hole.  If you end up with negative side weight, finger weight, or thumb weight, so what?  What's the point in swinging the CG if static weights don't matter?  Put it in the grip center and drill the weight hole anyway.  But does anyone do that?

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Re: CG importance?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2007, 03:44:55 PM »
Reason being it is easier to keep the ball statically legal by shifting the CG before the X-Hole.
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Re: CG importance?
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2007, 03:54:27 PM »
quote:
who cares!


I know! who cares!
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Re: CG importance?
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2007, 04:37:13 PM »
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Reason being it is easier to keep the ball statically legal by shifting the CG before the X-Hole.
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Also, shifting allows for a bigger weight hole = bigger difference in reaction.
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Re: CG importance?
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2007, 09:37:24 PM »
Also, even though it makes very little difference, most customers want to see that cg mark on the positive side of the ball.  --  JohnP