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toby176

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Would this ever work?
« on: November 21, 2011, 10:11:34 AM »
Evening lads! Well its evening in Australia (Im not great with time differances)

Anyway as the name suggests, Would this style of bat ever work or would it just pick up horidly?
I can imagine it having a fair bit of concave!
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2011, 10:13:21 AM »
i think it could be weak around the top of the bat, the df magnum is sorta similar to this, and laver use the same principles of removing weight from the top. as for pick up i oculdnt comment.
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2011, 10:25:24 AM »
Purely because it is so thin around that area?
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2011, 10:26:27 AM »
it is not that dissimilar to the old SS Jumbo shape, nor to bats that Dukes and Kippax have produced, so there must be some mileage in it?
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2011, 10:27:07 AM »
It's actually a very similar style to the SS Jumbo. The bat on the left here.

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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2011, 10:31:32 AM »
Very interesting! That is actually quite similar.. Anyone know how Jumbos pick up? Or used to?
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2011, 10:33:03 AM »
Quote from: toby176 on November 21, 2011, 10:31:32 AM
Very interesting! That is actually quite similar.. Anyone know how Jumbos pick up? Or used to?
Yes. They were generally pretty heavy on the pick-up.
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2011, 10:40:17 AM »
Ohh ok... This may be a stupid question, but why were they such a teriffic bat? Or atleast thats what i've heard about them!
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2011, 10:42:30 AM »
Quote from: toby176 on November 21, 2011, 10:40:17 AM
Ohh ok... This may be a stupid question, but why were they such a teriffic bat? Or atleast thats what i've heard about them!

Pretty fair amount of wood behind the sweetspot combined with good quality bat making at Surridges seem to cover it. 
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2011, 10:47:58 AM »
Quote from: Manormanic on November 21, 2011, 10:42:30 AM
Pretty fair amount of wood behind the sweetspot combined with good quality bat making at Surridges seem to cover it.
That's fair. wood where you wanted it. I never got on with them, but the Turbos were excellent bats.
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2011, 10:50:56 AM »
Quote from: tim2000s on November 21, 2011, 10:47:58 AM
That's fair. wood where you wanted it. I never got on with them, but the Turbos were excellent bats.

Agreed - iconic, and deserving of the reputation.  Oddly, one of our lads has the Dukes version of this, a 3lb 3 monster, and that goes like a train but without too many of the pick up issues.
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2011, 08:50:28 PM »
Funnily enough, I happen to have a copy here, it was branded as a Dukes. I have to say, it picks up alright to me, and it does travel if you get it out of the bit where all the wood is.





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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2011, 09:04:21 PM »
similar to last years powerbow.
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2011, 09:05:33 PM »
yes the GN Powerbow of 2010/1 had the wood behind the splice removed to allow for more meat to be added to the hitting area
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Re: Would this ever work?
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2011, 10:58:43 PM »
That powerbow looks similar in basic shape to the outline of the dynadrive design; the dynadrive had a couple of scoops either side of the spine
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