I’m honestly not sure if I was getting the timing right before I switched out the posts, tbh. It’s shooting right up the ramp now, probably more like 70-80% repeatability for me now, and I’m not a tremendously good player.Īll that said, the shot is obviously still makable without switching out the posts. Feels like about quarter of a second delay, maybe. Basically letting it come to rest in the cradle, fully releasing the flipper, and then pressing the flipper button as soon as the ball rolls out of the cradle position. Means you do get a small amount of additional clearance for the ball.Īfter getting the posts switched over to the skinny version and putting it back together, I tried the right ramp shot from cradle several times. Since the groove has a smaller diameter, the rubber doesn’t stick out quite as far from the center of the post either. That said, the skinny post’s diameter at the groove is smaller by a non-trivial amount (I’ll dig out my calipers later on to figure out the actual difference). The width at the base doesn’t really matter because the ball will never hit it anyway.Ĥ26ADD9A-2653-4D6C-9C0A-EB1DF7BDF3E8 (resized).jpeg 3CB91E3F-51E6-4B6E-866E-BCA5DABC76B7 (resized).jpeg The size difference is deceptive it’s not quite as big of a change as it looks because it’s the diameter at the groove in the post that’s most important. These screw into t-nuts, so there’s no need to lift the playfield. It’s very easy to change these out, 5/16” driver and a 1/4” driver. Ok, quick change of posts and some testing. It takes a bit of practice, but once you get it, it’s simple to take down ambush, super skill shot, super jackpots, etc. I backhand every shot in this game but the orbits, and sometimes the main left ramp. if anybody else has any other specific feedback on how they made this shot more attainable, I'd be interested in hearing more! I do have a bag of clear "skinny" posts from my pile of homebrew parts and I'm thinking I'll try the suggestion to replace the lower Luke slingshot star post with one of those. Still on the factory stock rubbers at the moment. Machine is level from L/R and at about a 6.5 incline. I'm pretty comfortable with backhanding/aiming shots from the cradle but just can't make this one even 10% of the time. For me and my machine, flipping right out of the cradle never seems to work. My inability to consistently hit that ramp shot is definitely holding me back from progressing through the game (Ambush, Modes, etc) so I'm wanting to get that dialed in. Did a search last night for "right ramp" and read through all the posts I could find- it sounds like backhanding the right ramp from the right flipper (from cradle) is doable by some, not so much by others.
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