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Equipment Boards => Radical => Topic started by: PLM on December 27, 2013, 12:23:42 PM

Title: Brunswick Nexxxus vs. Radical Yeti Untamed.
Post by: PLM on December 27, 2013, 12:23:42 PM

Quick question for someone knowledgable about Brunswick/Radical equipment.
I have a Nexxxus (the triple X) with the pin centered below the fingers and the Mass Bias directly below the Thumb (my pap is about 5 in over and 1/4 up).  With my medium slow speed, sometimes this ball is great and sometimes it is too much even with fresh oil.  So, I have two questions:
1.  Is the Yeti Untamed with a similar drill a step down from the Nexxxus or are they too close to be worth having both.
2.  Is the pin under the fingers a sensible drill for the Yeti Untamed, or should I stick with something above the fingers.  I like above the fingers drilling for fresh oil but the problem I always have with them is at the end of game two.  That is normally the point in a set when I need to start chasing the oil in a bit and putting a little more side roll on the ball.  My experience is that pin above the fingers drillings make a ball more sensitive to over/under.  A pin under the fingers drilling will tend to eliminate this tendency, but only if the ball is still flippy enough to finish strongly. 

Thanks in advance for any help. 

Title: Re: Brunswick Nexxxus vs. Radical Yeti Untamed.
Post by: mattypizon on December 27, 2013, 01:34:52 PM

You're referencing 2 completely different animals here. Yeti untamed is symmetrical while Nexxxus is asymmetrical. Pin under will be completely different on each ball. It will most likely give you heavy forward roll and continuous hook on the xxx and it will be a low flare control layout on the untamed.

Please reference radicalbowling.com and peruse the layouts section. You will find it very helpful in matching up what you are thinking about doing with it.

My 2 cents would be pin up yeti untamed.

Title: Re: Brunswick Nexxxus vs. Radical Yeti Untamed.
Post by: LuckyLefty on December 27, 2013, 11:47:48 PM

A lot of questions are answered in these two videos.

Different drilling and weightholes on the Yeti Untamed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfxJhH9RMx4

and this link
http://www.ballreviews.com/radical/yeti-untamed-t298078.0.html;msg2435558#msg2435558
Click on Fatman Fubur.

Explains difference between Yeti and the REAX 2

Regards,

Luckylefty