(Mar. 04, 2012 11:20 PM)Skidoo Wrote: [ -> ] (Mar. 04, 2012 11:06 PM)GaHooleone Wrote: [ -> ]There exists: RS, S and MS. These are your best chances, for RF is wider than MF and RB is differently shaped (somewhat) to MB and WB.
RS, S and MS are probably the most consistent in terms of shape, but make sure that the RS is mint. Otherwise, the RS will be worn down and have a slightly different shape.
Beys with RS: Grand Ketos/Cetus
Beys with MS: Burn Phoenix/Fireblaze
Beys with S: Flame Sagittario
Those are your most easily accessible beys that contain the tips you are looking for. Don't forget to take into account the shape itself so that you have a basis for comparison.
Thanks a lot, Ga'Hooleone!
Do you also know whether a Ripper exists that consistently launches at the same velocity? My son needs to control as many variables as possible.
Thanks again.
You could look into one of Hasbro's Rip Gauge launchers, but they are quite weak, and they don't let you control the RPM, just give you a readout of what it is, and I'm not sure what units it uses or if it is really that accurate, I am afraid I did not pay much attention to them.
As for the tips, sharps are definitely the way to go, relatively less variables than Flats and even ball tips.
However, there is one thing you should take into account, that is the height of the tips themselves. RS is 11.4mm (and wears down), MS is 11.0mm, and S is 8.8mm. BS, which still has a sharp tip touching the surface, but a rounder shape to the rest of the tip, is 9mm, which might be easier to work with.
Anyway, compensate for this by choosing tracks so that the tracks and tips together are the same heights as each other.
I would use the same height for RS and MS, because RS wears, if you're going to use a fresh RS every few trials, get a track .5mm taller. S/BS's track needs to be 2mm lower than MS's.
The best range I can say is 105 (S/BS), 125 (MS/RS), and 130 (RS, if you counteract the wear somehow/want to be really picky).
I'd probably use BS over S, but that's up to you.
The good thing about those heights is that they all come in plain tracks. 125 is in a couple of Legend Series Releases (Midnight Bull 125SF and if I recall correctly, the Aries one as well. 105 is in Storm Pegasus and Legend Cyber Pegasus 105F, again amongst others.
130 is harder, I'm not sure if hasbro have released it (if they have, it'd either be in unique releases or one of the special perseus releases), but you can get them pretty cheap on ebay in beyblades from some random boosters (searching beyblade 130 might do it), and Fang Leone comes with it.
Hope that helps a little.