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Title: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: icefiction on April 03, 2011, 12:15:42 PM
I have a taboo drilled pin under opposite with the mb out 2 inch off my centerline. I love the ball and it certainly hooks as much as I will ever need. My friend gave me an original mission, I am curious how this compares to the taboo in everyones experiences. I have pretty much narrowed down my layout options to the same pin under opposite, which is 4-3/4 to my pap, or a rico layout. I want the mission to be less aggressive and have more of an even roll. 



Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: charlest on April 04, 2011, 06:45:33 AM
Near as I can tell, they handle the same amount of oil, but how they go about it is different: ball path. The Taboo is more like the Virtual Gravity, in that it has a more sudden change of direction, while the Mission is more arc-like and more controllable.
 
What the heck is "pin under opposite"?


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Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: icefiction on April 04, 2011, 09:07:38 AM
pin under my middle finger, sorry it is just short for pin under the finger of your handed-ness, lol 



Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: Brickguy221 on April 04, 2011, 10:01:36 AM
 I have the Mission and a team mate has the Taboo, and the description Charlest gave is what we have.
 



charlest wrote on 4/4/2011 6:45 AM:
Near as I can tell, they handle the same amount of oil, but how they go about it is different: ball path. The Taboo is more like the Virtual Gravity, in that it has a more sudden change of direction, while the Mission is more arc-like and more controllable.

 

What the heck is "pin under opposite"?


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Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: charlest on April 04, 2011, 11:48:26 AM
icefiction wrote on 4/4/2011 9:07 AM:pin under my middle finger, sorry it is just short for pin under the finger of your handed-ness, lol 



 
 
Understood. Just never heard it put that way before.


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Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on April 04, 2011, 12:36:56 PM
The cover/core combo on the Taboo is MUCH stronger than a Mission.  charlest may have it right on the VG comparison.  I've had both the VG and the Taboo (both @ 4k abby).  I did not have identical drillings on the two balls, but it feels like the Taboo is just a little stronger overall, off the spot, and thru the pin deck than a VG.  Not a lot, but enough that, IMHO, charlest brought the right mindset in his comparison.

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Edited by 230-n-up-or-bust on 4/4/2011 at 12:38 PM
Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: icefiction on April 04, 2011, 07:47:53 PM
well i drilled the mission the same as my taboo but put the mb an inch stronger, which is right on my val. The mission at the same surface prep as the taboo, 1500, is longer and much angular and about five boards stronger. So much for trying to make it smooth and rolly, n less agressive.



Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: charlest on April 05, 2011, 08:42:11 AM
1500 grit dull and MB (edited) on the VAL and it's still angular??
 
icefiction wrote on 4/4/2011 7:47 PM:well i drilled the mission the same as my taboo but put the mb an inch stronger, which is right on my val. The mission at the same surface prep as the taboo, 1500, is longer and much angular and about five boards stronger. So much for trying to make it smooth and rolly, n less agressive.





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Edited by charlest on 4/5/2011 at 10:16 AM
Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on April 05, 2011, 09:31:12 AM
charlest, not the pin, the mb.  However, @ 1500, there's a TON of friction to make the ball more angular than a Taboo.

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Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: charlest on April 05, 2011, 10:20:45 AM
Yes, sorry, corrected.
I was thinking MB on the VAL makes for a very early rolling ball path (unless there's a lot of heavy up front oil or the bowler has a high degree of rotation..
 
But if both are at 1500, the Taboo should still be more angular.
 
Icefiction, Is this the original Misison or one of the newer ones?
 
230-n-up-or-bust wrote on 4/5/2011 9:31 AM:charlest, not the pin, the mb.  However, @ 1500, there's a TON of friction to make the ball more angular than a Taboo.

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Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: icefiction on April 05, 2011, 03:10:44 PM
its the original mission, i practiced with it today and decided to put polish on it to see what that would do, and it turned it into a plastic ball, so I took it to 2000 and it rolls the same as 1500 and thats where it will stay. 



Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: charlest on April 05, 2011, 08:13:42 PM
Sorry that the things we said didn't help. I am honestly surprised at the ball reaction you got.
 
icefiction wrote on 4/5/2011 3:10 PM:its the original mission, i practiced with it today and decided to put polish on it to see what that would do, and it turned it into a plastic ball, so I took it to 2000 and it rolls the same as 1500 and thats where it will stay. 





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Title: Re: original mission compared to a taboo
Post by: icefiction on April 05, 2011, 08:41:09 PM
its ok, I am too. I think that its just one of those things where sometimes you can take your best bet, but there are so many factors that are at work here that I don't think we would guess right more than half the time. Like someone else said, the mb in the dif in the taboo is so high that it could always roll earlier, and I have always had ebonite covers go sideways down the lane for me.