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No-lip control body

The medium diver with the lip removed and nothing else changed except the rattle. It exists to show how much of every other result is the lip.

The shape

What is this test design?

This is a control body for the Tank model. Remove the medium diver’s lip and the model has no lip force to create dive or wobble; real rod-worked and body-driven action remains outside this test.

The Tank test

What the model actually measures

The grid uses 1 cm cells. The Tank computes displaced water, centre of mass, lip force, tracking stability and wobble at its default retrieve speed. It does not predict a running depth or a catch rate. See the equations and limits.

ABS shell, the same belly ballast and hook hangers as the medium diver, tie on the nose, no lip, no rattle.

  • 22 × ABS plastic
  • 1 × Line tie
  • 4 × Lead ballast
  • 2 × Hook hanger

Tank verdict: No lip action

No lip, so no swimming action. This is a sinking or floating body that will only do what the rod tip tells it to.

Length
80 mm
Mass
15.9 g
Buoyancy
floating
Stability
N/A
Wobble
0.0 / 10
Tempo
0.0
  • Add a lip to make it dive and wobble.
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Compare with the medium diver

Both designs run through the same Tank model at its default retrieve speed. These figures describe the block builds shown here, not commercial lures.

Scroll the table sideways to compare every measure →

Model outputNo-lip controlMedium diver
Length 1 cm cells80 mm80 mm
Lip area number of cells02
Buoyancyfloatingfloating
Stability righting / overturning; N/A without lip forceN/A2.58
Wobble model scale / 100.03.8
Swim verdictNo lip actionSwims

Across 72 fish scenarios

Never eaten in any of the 72 scenarios. Outcomes: — 72.

See any scenario page for the model's reason this one is refused, or open it in the Tank and fix it.

Other archetypes

A generic archetype drawn in Tank blocks, not a product, and the Tank works in one-centimetre cells rather than real dimensions. See how the Tank works and where it is wrong.