Love the pattern. My pap is 5.5" across 0 up or down. Above average rev rate. Have several different balls drilled on this pattern and a few on a slightly modified version.

I lay it out on the Rico pattern then move my center grip line about an inch to the left. This puts the pin an inch positive of my center grip line and makes the pin about 4.5" from my PAP. I like to use this on pearl bowling balls to get them in a roll just a little sooner. If it is an aggressive pearl it will give the ball a wonderful backend reaction that is obviously stronger and great for when the oil carries down.

I will usually start with a Wild Thing on a Rico pattern and when the oil starts to move down and I leave 10 pins I can keep the same line or move in a little with a more aggressive pearl ball drilled on the modified pattern and go right back to striking. These patterns really compliment he each other really well for me.
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Just drilled up a Blue Vibe with the Rico layout.  Absolutely love it, have had good experiences so far with lanes drying up.   Great length, recovery.
Hard driving.

Pat,

Basically, I like the RICO but it has its limitations. It reacts differently for different individuals based on their positive axis point coordinates (axis tilt and rotation differences). In my case with PAP coordinates of 4.25" over and 0.25" down, my RICO-layout Conquerer has a 40-degree x 4.75" x 60-degree dual angle layout. The 40-degree drilling angle results in an early to medium-early roll at the first transition while the 60-degree angle to the VAL results in a medium to relatively mild reaction downlane at the second transition. The 4 3/4" pin to PAP distance results in medium flare potential for a symmetrical core ball. No doubt you have different PAP coordinates than I do, so your drilling coordinates and ball reaction will be somewhat different than what I or anyone else experiences.
Therefore, I have gone away from using RICO or any other layout that doesn''t take into account one''s positive axis point, speed, rpm, axis rotation, axis tilt, and ball characteristics. If I had unlimited funds and access to free equipment, I wouldn''t mind putting the pin, CG (and MB when applicable) in an arbitrary location. But with dual angle layout methodology available, I don''t have to guess. I can fine tune first transition, second transition and flare without the guesswork.
In summary, there are no magic layouts. But given the time to obtain a bowlers pertinent roll data, knowledge of their current equipment and what the bowler would like out of their new equipment, I can meet their expectations (or explain to them why their expectations are not practical given their specifications and equipment choice(s)).

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Edited on 6/15/2010 7:33 PM

I have a Whirlwind drilled rico and it reads the mids way too early for me even with a polished surface
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I don't know if I'm over simplifying this, but my experience with Rico drilled balls is that they work fantastically on a fresh shot, and not so well on the later block patterns, at least for me.

I have a very high track. I tend to get a bit of over/under with a couple of balls that I use in 2nd and 3rd games. This is not the case, every single time, but just something I observed, in a general sense.
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Pat Patterson