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Russell

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Using logic in the CG debate
« on: August 06, 2007, 04:13:30 AM »
I have stayed out of this debate and watched the fire rage on....now it's at epic proportions....

I want to throw a real solution out there that makes sense....

Let's start with a ball that is drilled with at 5" to PAP drilling....

How much difference would there be if that same ball were drilled with a 5 and 1/16" pin to PAP drilling?

Not much at all....right?

So this brings me to the CG-nomaddah argument.  The CG is created by core tilt in the ball.  It is my understanding that the core tilt is VERY minimal in relation to pin to cg distance....somewhere in the neighborhood of 1/16" of core tilt = 5" pin.

With these tolerances, it is safe to assume that core orientation is affected very little by top weight and cg distance.

Now this brings me to my point....if ball reaction is affected so little by tilting the core 1/16" in pin placement, why does it matter so much by moving the CG around?

I understand that there is a difference, my point is that it is MINISCULE and too small for anyone short of Throwbot to notice.
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2007, 02:49:04 PM »
They manipulate the dynamics of the ball, changing the RG and differential...this manipulates the reaction.
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2007, 02:52:32 PM »
Any hole drilled into a ball, regardless of size or depth, will affect the ending RG and Diff.

A 23/32" hole drilled 3 1/2" deep will still have a dramatic effect on your differential #'s.

Large and shallow will ultimately lower the RG of a bowling ball.

Once again, the argument is CG by itself being able to change the reaction of a bowling ball, with no other variables in place.
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2007, 02:53:17 PM »
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Post drilling #'s on the USBC test balls are so minute and unimportant that lenghty testing will show no difference in ball reaction over time. Although there may be a 3/32" shift to create a 4" pin, shifting the CG 90* in these videos is not enough to effect core orientation based on the data. The bowling ball recognizes RG and Differential #'s, and here, they are a match.
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Nick,

Look at the vid from Brunswick. It does affect core orientation. You can see it. The difference is quantified. It is small. The change in core orientation may not change RG and Diff much, but the angle of the core is changed nonetheless.

Whether the change in core orientation affects ball reaction is a different question. There is something there...just not a whole lot.


I am so tired of this...please forgive me if I don't stay engaged right now. We really are debating minutia
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2007, 02:56:31 PM »
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Any hole drilled into a ball, regardless of size or depth, will affect the ending RG and Diff.

A 23/32" hole drilled 3 1/2" deep will still have a dramatic effect on your differential #'s.

Large and shallow will ultimately lower the RG of a bowling ball.

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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2007, 02:57:45 PM »
after you throw some balls during practice, and it starts to hook a little bit more, remember its because of the CG and not the oil drying up!
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2007, 02:58:25 PM »
Nick, simply make the next t-shirts, "cgdontmaddahdatmuch", and all will be better in the world.  Russell's spot on.
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2007, 03:04:39 PM »
Straying off topic here a tad, but what if you drilled 2 balls the exact same. Both cores were the same shape, but one was inverted. After drilling the RG, Diff and Intermediate Diff were absolutely unchanged.

Does the ball react different?
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2007, 03:05:24 PM »
Ebonite might disagree with those statements.  According to Ebonite:

http://www.ebonite.com/techcenter/RandD_detail.php?PRKey=265
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Note that in order for a ball reaction change to be noticed by most bowlers the balance hole must be at least a 31/32" bit and at least two inches deep.


Of course they also say the same thing about CG:

http://www.ebonite.com/techcenter/roleofthecg.php
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I have met precious few bowlers that can tell the difference between a ball with 1-ounce negative side weight versus 1 ounce of positive side, especially with today's modern core dynamics and constructions. We have done CATS testing on the ball's overall reaction with different static weights and the results showed no measurable difference of ball reaction.

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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2007, 03:12:26 PM »
Anytime you drill an extra hole in a bowling ball the rg, total diff, and intermediate differential change.  You have to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges here.  

Shifting the cg away from your center of grip does NOT change the rg, total diff, and intermediate diff significantly due to the high rg equator being in the same exact spot.

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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #25 on: August 06, 2007, 03:15:02 PM »
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Straying off topic here a tad, but what if you drilled 2 balls the exact same. Both cores were the same shape, but one was inverted. After drilling the RG, Diff and Intermediate Diff were absolutely unchanged.

Does the ball react different?

So drilling into the opposite side of the core basically is what you mean?  The Storm Spit Fire is just the Storm Fired Up with the core inverted, for example (it has a little earlier roll than the Fired Up does generally).  Is that what you mean?  Or are you thinking more in theoreticals where the holes and their placement don't affect the ball's dynamics?
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #26 on: August 06, 2007, 03:27:50 PM »
Here is my take on the whole CG (t-shirt) subject...  a smart businessman would have made both CGNOMADDAH and CGMADDAH t-shirts, so as to maximize his profit potential.  And then proceeded to make CGMADDAH2ROBOTZ, CGMADDAHZ2URMOM, CGMADDAH2N00BZ, CGNOMADDAHZ2THROWBOT, etc, etc, as the debate raged on and on and on and on and on and on.....  
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Re: Using logic in the CG debate
« Reply #27 on: August 06, 2007, 03:36:54 PM »
Dan,

Correct. Theoretically, if you could flip flop those cores and still have the same ending numbers, would the 2 balls react different?
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