Tip Curvature/Break Stick/Increase Cue Ball Speed?

Island Drive said:
Bullets have rounded tips.
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Are we concerned with aerodynamics on our break cue? If so I would venture to guess that you must have some bad ass cue speed on your break. :) You may want to consider some aerodynamic covers over your arm, kinda like F1 teams used to do on tie rods and control arms.
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When I did and extreme tip taper here's something that occurred.
Sometimes, after the break.... the cue ball kept spinning after all balls stopped rollin. humm
 
Island Drive said:
When I did and extreme tip taper here's something that occurred.
Sometimes, after the break.... the cue ball kept spinning after all balls stopped rollin. humm
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So? You did not hit the cueball square or the head ball flush, or both. See this happen all the time. Has nada to do with your cue.
 
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Zerksies said:
I used a flat tip for a few years. I really have no measurements on speed. It was not a game changer either

Just because you are trying to hit the shit out of the ball does not guarantee you are pocketing a ball on the break either.

Their is limitations on how fast a ball can go.

The hardest tips are phenolic and they are as hard as the cueball itself, anything harder would be damaging the cueball and most leagues, tournaments and pool hall operators are not going to allow you to damage their equipment. You might gain a mile or two an hour from these tips with the hardness bounce like aluminum did for baseball bats. You're not breaking would records.

Next is physical limitaions. How hard are you swinging the cue stick. Their is a diffrence between poundage and speed of stroke.

It would be better to work on a consistent stroke and have a controlled break.
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I prefer a flatter tip for breaking. I am using a nickel for playing and using a quarter for breaking.

I am using the Last4ever tools for tip shaping and i did ask them what is the quarter radius for and they did say for breaking.
 
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