Question about centre weight and rim weight.

Glenacius_K · October 9, 2015, 6:36am

GregP:

Kyo: sounds legit. But even using a C bearing, with some yoyos that are incredibly rim-weighted, the kickback is real.

Not trying to exaggerate or anything-- I have plenty of “rim weighted” yoyos that play great. Pulsefire. Queen (interesting Glen that you see it as balanced and I believe it to be rim-weighted!). Valor. I think it takes a particular extreme in order to really get noticed. I remember the Ti Dream proto video where Ben throws and the kickback is fierce (refined the proto in part to reduce it). Draupnir is not without kickback.

What you say about the bearing size definitely resonates, though. The most kickback I’ve ever experienced was a small-bearing (A, not D) Genesis. The small bearing coupled with the Genesis’s famous rim weight and a thin string… kickback central!

I think that hub and the inner ring create quite a bit of center weight in the Queen. But it does also have some serous chunky rims.

In its play it bears all the hallmarks of centrweight; maneuverability, a constant stronger string presence throughout tricks, great bind feeling etc.

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Question about centre weight and rim weight.

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