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RSalas

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The Leverage Paradox
« on: September 08, 2003, 02:04:03 AM »
Don't ask what possessed me to do this, but recently I was grubbing through the alt.sport.bowling Usenet newsgroup archives, and I ran across an interesting thread about leverage drillings.  I can't even begin to capture the spirit of the discussion (and it was a spirited discussion), nor will I try.  The nut of the gist was that there was some disagreement as to how to drill a ball so as to produce the largest possible dynamic imbalance for that ball.  One group of posters to the thread adhered to the "textbook" position that a drilling with the pin at 3 3/8" from the bowler's PAP would result in the largest imbalance.  Another group of posters claimed that the maximum dynamic imbalance would result from placing the core at a 45-degree angle at the point of release, and thus the pin would need to be positioned 3 3/8" from the bowler's track.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but for a full-roller, the track diameter would be 13 1/2", and thus these two pin positions would be identical, as the PAP would be 6 3/4" from the bowler's track.  However, for semi-rollers and spinners, the track diameter would be smaller, and thus the PAP would be further than 6 3/4" from the track, so these two pin positions would diverge, and the difference would grow as the track diameter shrinks.

So I put forth this question to the ball physics experts out there.  Which of these two schools of thought is correct, and why?

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T-GOD

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Re: The Leverage Paradox
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2003, 12:50:49 PM »
The angle of the core is what creates dynamic imbalance. So, 3 3/8" is the correct answer. Whether or not it will work for a particular release is the real question..!! That's just like saying which is the most stable drilling..?

Take for example a pin axis drilled ball. It is thee most stable drilling. Normally this drilling will go long, but has the capability to hook hard if the conditions are right.

One person spins the ball(low track) so you can see the pin on the top side of the ball going down the lane, almost spinning like a top. This ball will not come out of a skid for this person, so I wouldn't recommend this drilling for a spinner.

The other bowler rolls the ball very heavy(high track), so you see the pin on the side of the ball as it goes down the lane. This bowler rolls the ball and can make this drilling work.

So, the question should not be as to which drilling will have more dynamic imbalance, it's which drilling will work better for a particular track/release..!! =:^D



Edited on 9/11/2003 1:05 PM