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<blockquote data-quote="Fuseball" data-source="post: 9947" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>A little bit of randomness wouldn't go amiss. I notice it particularly on scoop kickouts. It's still 90% consistent behaviour.</p><p></p><p>Flippers vary a lot from table to table. There are different strength coils for a start and a whole host of mechanical elements to take into account. Flipper coils also have two separate coils - a power coil and a holding coil. When you hit the flipper button when the flipper is down, the power coil snaps it into the up position. Once in the up position the power coil shuts off and the holding coil switches on. The holding coil is much weaker and often if a fast ball hits the up flipper it will move down a little before springing back to the up position. This can obviously cause the ball to bounce off the flipper in a slightly unpredictable way.</p><p></p><p>If the holding coil is very weak, a fast ball can even push a flipper so far down that the power coil re-triggers. It's this juggling of power and holding coils that the best players can use to trap and precisely control the ball.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fuseball, post: 9947, member: 539"] A little bit of randomness wouldn't go amiss. I notice it particularly on scoop kickouts. It's still 90% consistent behaviour. Flippers vary a lot from table to table. There are different strength coils for a start and a whole host of mechanical elements to take into account. Flipper coils also have two separate coils - a power coil and a holding coil. When you hit the flipper button when the flipper is down, the power coil snaps it into the up position. Once in the up position the power coil shuts off and the holding coil switches on. The holding coil is much weaker and often if a fast ball hits the up flipper it will move down a little before springing back to the up position. This can obviously cause the ball to bounce off the flipper in a slightly unpredictable way. If the holding coil is very weak, a fast ball can even push a flipper so far down that the power coil re-triggers. It's this juggling of power and holding coils that the best players can use to trap and precisely control the ball. [/QUOTE]
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