Author Topic: Musings and Questions: Remote Control Ball - Roto Grip RC900 (Read 825 times)

1MechEng · « **on:** December 06, 2009, 11:27:34 PM »

I know this RC ball has been out for a while, but I was reminded of it when I got my recent e-mail ad from bowlingball.com. As an engineer, this ball is definitely high in the cool factor, but also pretty limited in its usefulness and target market.
$1499.00 (not including insurance) can get you this:
http://www.bowlingball.com/900-global-remote-control-ball-bowling-ball.html
I know it's been available for a while now (and that it's clearly not USBC approved), but I wonder how many have been sold? I wonder what the expected lifespan is?
I'm also curious how 900 Global's research into a dynamic weight block will be used in future USBC approved balls. Your ideas?
From an operational standpoint, has anyone on this site used this ball? Does it always have to be released on the same axis in order to have proper control with the remote?

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Nicanor · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2009, 09:14:32 AM »

I was at the recent 900Global and Next Level Bowling seminar when Phip and other pros threw the remote control ball. It was really inetersting how this ball looked on the lanes.

They just dumped the ball on the lanes with two hands, anywhere as long as it didn't go in the gutter. They shot one ball and left the 1-5-7 and on the seecond shot they dumped the ball kinda close to the left gutteer, the ball moved to the right hand side of the lane and hooked back to hit the head pin and 5 pin sending the head pin to pick up the 7. The ball snaked down there, not as if we would throw the ball from left to right and then hook back to the head pin. They threw it once down the middle of the lane and controlled the ball to go from the middle to the left and back to the right. So once the ball is on the lane, they could control the ball. It didn't have to be ut on the lane any particular way.

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Author Topic: Musings and Questions: Remote Control Ball - Roto Grip RC900 (Read 825 times)

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Musings and Questions: Remote Control Ball - Roto Grip RC900

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