Mav: Always glad to hear from you.
I think we'd agree (at least I hope) that if you flood the lane gutter-to-gutter for 55', it doesn't matter what you throw; the ball is not going to move. Statics won't matter, cover won't matter and drill won't matter because the oil volume will negate anything the ball attempts to do.
Obviously, Nick didn't go to this extreme. But some of this effect was built into his test. High-RG cores with high grit shinny finishes (the Uranium
HRG in this case) require a lot of friction, especially in the mid-lane, to expose core/drill characteristics. It was clear from the video that there was too much oil up front for this particular model ball, with any drill, to show it's stuff.
If you go back to the original Brunswick video, some of this effect was exposed. The first 5 shots appeared identical because the oil was heavy and fresh. But apparently Throwbot started to break the line down. That's probably why positive shot #7 went through the nose, and negative shot #8 stayed in the pocket. We were finally able to see the real reaction characteristics shine through.
For Nick's test, it would have been much more convincing if he had selected a lower RG ball with surface. But that's what we appeared to have in the Brunswick video without conclusive evidence, so I'm not sure what the purpose was of any of this.
Regardless, this all seems fairly straight forward. Where are the holes in this logic?
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"Sometimes, the best move is the one we don't make"Edited on 4/19/2007 3:40 PM
