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Re: 2x ball dosent roll straight
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If you look closely at the ball you can probably see that some sections of the skin are thicker than the others, which is what causes the problem (I think, anyway). |
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The balls will never be completely uniform. The end of the ball where the hole is has slightly more weight, due to the utilization of thicker rubber at the inflation point. The ridges also play a part in manipulating the direction the ball rolls. There are all sorts of imperfections in the walls, but the effects are negligable when it comes to using the balls in short rolling distances.
By the way, were we supposed to get a plug or something for the ball? Our team didn't find anything in our kit that plugged up the hole for the big yellow ball. Last edited by duckshepherd : 17-01-2004 at 00:38. |
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I guess I did not explain the situation quite right:
When I say it dosent roll straight, I mean REALLY not straight. Like, you give it a push (even a hard one) and it will roll for a little while, then sometimes make a 90 degree turn, or even roll back to where it came from. This is much more than the ridges or plug could do (we are using a bolt as a plug, and when the ball comes to rest, the bolt is on the side, no where near to the bottom). |
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LoL, are you sure its not the floor? jk. Well thats odd, I havent been rolling my team's ball around so I don't know for sure, but I don't think that should happen. Maybe you haven't fully inflated it.
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the laws of physics are still in effect - an object in motion tends to stay in motion
what you dont realize is the material that is used in the 2X balls warps time-space so within its own frame of reference it IS rolling straight, and the rest of the world is warped thats why you are seeing what appears to be odd random motion. |
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I'm rolling a fully inflated (30 inch) ball on a flat cement floor. I don't think there are any space-time problems either, because no other balls (or any form of matter) display any erratic motion in the same place.
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