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r534me

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Storm Tropical
« on: September 26, 2011, 03:43:31 PM »
I ordered a couple to use on drier lanes and I read that it goes long and snaps.  Has anyone changed the surface to have it arc instead?  What were the results of doing so?

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Re: Storm Tropical
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2011, 04:36:00 AM »
Which Tropical?  There are 3 types and they all have completely different reactions:
 
  • Tropical Storm - Modified 3 piece core - RG 2.59, Diff .022 - Produces a skid flip type reaction.
  • Tropical Breeze (pearl or solid) - Small Symmetrical core - RG 2.57, Diff .009 - Starts up considerably earlier than the Tropical Storm and has a controllable arc to it.
  • Tropical Heat (pearl, solid or hybrid) - Symmetrical core - RG 2.55, Diff .038 - These are a different breed altogether, more comparable to something like a Hy-Road than anything else in the Tropical line.


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r534me

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Re: Storm Tropical
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2011, 05:12:36 AM »
 Sorry, tropical storm

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stopncrank

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Re: Storm Tropical
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2011, 06:18:12 AM »
Had a good experience with a Tropical I picked up a couple years ago, here are my thoughts:

 

1. It has Reactor Pearl for the cover, so its very tuneable, and takes surface adjustments very well.

 

2. The nature of this ball is to be very skid/snap, and alot stronger than advertised as well.

 

3. Taking 1 and 2 into consideration, I had a wild hair and decided to drill it with a full roller drilling, and I loved it.

 

4. I did like mine better with 2000 abralon and no polish for house shots, it got into a very nice roll, read the midlane very well and still had pop on the back. This drilling and surface for me allowed me to play the track area, something I cant normally do because of my rev rate and axis rotation.

 

Hope this helps, somewhat lol....


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r534me

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Re: Storm Tropical
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2011, 06:56:19 AM »
 Thanks.  The only real dry lane all besides my urethane balls is my xfactor with the thumb drilled in the mb and at 4k.  Changing it to 2k makes sense.  Once I get the balls I will know the pin lengths and determine how they could be laid out.

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