Iron Cobra Power Glide vs Rolling Glide

help me out here i don't really know much of the difference between the drive cams.

secondly someone told me the new coil cobra system under the foot place is a piece of crap marketing technique and it's just something else to get dirty and break, is there any truth to that as well?

the power glide cam shortens the beater sweep as it going to the head, which, makes it quicker. The roller glide is a more traditional cam. as for the coil never seen one. and i own 2 Iron Cobra pedals both pwr glides, one is the first edition single 1994, and a later double pedal model 2002.

The Power Glide has a cam; or in other words, the drive sprocket is eccentric...off-center...resulting in beater-head velocity greater than that of the footboard decent.

The Rolling Glide's drive sprocket is axled on-center, (technically not a cam), so the rate of footboard decent and beater-head velocity have a 1-to-1 relationship.

I've never played a Cobra-Coil-equipped model, so I can't comment on its operation, but I like my pedal adjusted so that it's as close to bottoming out as possible when the beater's on the head. That spring would take away some range-of-adjustment for me in that respect. I don't particularly like IC's anyway, so it's a non-issue, seeing as I don't play one.

The drive cams - how long you been at it? Noob? Try the circle - uh, cam. Have stable foot control? Try the cam cam.

Played both and can hardly tell a difference between the two. Pedals have so much adjustment now that any 'cam' could become any type of feel/power level.

The spring....marketing junk that was easier than making an Iron Cobra Direct Drive.

BTW, I'm a die-hard Tama fan and it hurts to say these things...but, they're true!

The Cobra Coil does make the action, or the return of the foot board faster. Much like a DD. However the difference is slight, prob wouldn't notice between one with and one w/o.

I like my Power Glide.

So is this like how the Pearl Eliminator has interchangeable cams? I've never really known the difference between the IC rolling glide and power glide before...

as for marketing, I think anything more complex than a Speed King is "marketing junk." Sure, a lot of it is pretty useful to some extent (like interchangeable cams, chain vs. strap, etc.), but when you get down to it, you can tweak a speed king to have the feel that you need, even without changing cams or extending the footboard.

Depends how deep into footwork you are. The obvious example would be metal where guys are fighting Newtonian limits - any difference there, is a difference. There are less apparent extremes though; articulation for instance. Playing a figure "just right" has as much to do with stroke rates as it does your immaculate technique.

thanks for all the input. i think i get it now.