Our team member and former European 1A Champion Carlos Braun played around with our ANTARCTiCA at German YoYo Masters and said to Dave that he’d love to see a mono-metal or Bi-Metal version of that as a competition-friendly version that doesn’t break your bank.
We went on and re-designed the shape of it for a high-performance-7075-aluminium design that would allow for a nice and stable touch, yet dynamic and quickly moving feeling. We sent a few samples around the globe and after the feedback of our testers was spot on, we knew we nailed it.
The name – obviously – origins from one of Germany’s renowned physicists Werner Heisenberg – as well as the character from one of Dave’s favorite series of all time 😉
Shape: H-Shape Weight: 66.4g Width: 46.0mm Diameter: 57.0mm Bearing: Pixel Bearing – by CLYW x iYoYo Response: iRings (19mm slim)
The HEiSENBERG is available direct through iYoyo’s shop, or wherever iYoyo throws are sold.
“Back in March of 2022 following the success of the Emotion, @MaximShoots over at EditionYoyo and some random yoyo reviewer you may know as @KirbyRobot were begging for a bimetal version and I got to work.
I quickly realized through many attempts at a bimetal CAD that it would be near impossible to create without an odd aesthetic with the weight rings, major changes to specs, or a ridiculously heavy weight. The main concern here was losing that stepped lower rim in the cup of the design, which was a huge part of the Emotion’s overall aesthetic.
After taking a break and coming back to the design a few weeks later, I thought about creating the stepped rim aesthetic by using a different material. Thus Connection prototype 1 was born. We created a sandwich between the Aluminum and Steel with a large plastic piece which simulated the stepped rim aesthetic in the cup of the Emotion, but allowed us to pack a lot of extra weight to the SS rim. The result was an aesthetically striking and classy design with a very unique complexity to it. This design had the same specs as the original Emotion, but was about 1 gram lighter.
Unfortunately this design did have some issues, specifically in playfeel and performance that ultimately outweighed how much we loved the aesthetic. Removing all of that inner rim/mid weight from replacing the aluminum with polycarbonate and placing it in the SS ring caused a huge amount of sluggishness or lag to the design during play. It moved well enough but felt like it needed a ton of input for it to move, so back to the drawing board I went with a new obstacle to tackle on a design with a ton of potential.
How were we able to get more weight balanced across the rim to potentially fix this issue? My proposed changes started with a lighter overall weight and an increase in diameter, but the real magic was in the overhaul of the rim design. By replacing the previously outer ring design with a more midship stainless steel ring, this allowed us to spread the weight out more evenly across the rim, which effectively removes the sluggishness we felt in our first prototype. Additionally, it still kept its insane power due to an increase in diameter and having the weight still concentrated at the points furthest from the center of the yoyo.
This new prototype would eventually become the production model you see before you, and features the following specs:
55.8mm Diameter 46mm Width 64.8g Weight 4.5mm Gap 7075 AL + PC + SS“
Popular online yo-yo reviewer, Gingie, has released a video documentary about the CLYW Chief.
“Super proud to finally be able to say this
The Chief Documentary is done, at long last! After nearly two years of work, it’s my magnum opus and the single longest video on my channel.
This video explores the lead up to the Chief, organizes all the Chiefs into their runs with their weights (to the best of my ability), and explores the design legacy of the Chief. I hope you guys enjoy.“
Buzz-On Industries has been revamped, and Duncan is next on the list to get ported over. I’ve also added Dreamcraft, and will be populating their releases soon!
In other news, I’ll be trying to post more Yo-yo News to the site, though it’ll take time to get in touch with companies and set up relationships so I can get updates from them to post.
