# astrojax for counterweight??????

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**Created:** [December 15, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/astrojax-for-counterweight/71356 "2014-12-15T06:18:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lseda3984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lseda3984](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lseda3984)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/astrojax-for-counterweight/71356/1 "2014-12-15T06:18:45Z")

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So at my job they have some astrojax laying for a TV show they are doing and I wanted to know if any one has ever used an astrojax ball for a counterweight and if you did how did it play

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**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/astrojax-for-counterweight/71356/2 "2014-12-15T08:05:58Z")

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Astrojax are realistically unsuitable for 5A. Obviously somebody really good at 5A could make it look easy.

But from what was related to me years ago; the commonly accepted weight ratio of Yoyo to counterweight is approximately 7 to 1.

A Freehand weighs in at approx. 66+ grams. And the stock red die that was packaged with the Freehand weighs 10 grams. \< not exactly 7 to 1; but close enough to serve this explanation.

A single Astro Jack weighs about 20 grams(the light up ones); which would knock down that ratio to 3 to 1.

No doubt you can force a heavy a… Counterweight through the air. But it would be a pain.

You could do it as a Novelty; but honestly, there is probably somebody out there that could go to a Bowling alley and throw a Strike with a Baseball.

But I don’t think the learning curve would be worth the effort.

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**Author:** ![larryastrojax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@larryastrojax](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/larryastrojax)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/astrojax-for-counterweight/71356/3 "2014-12-15T10:02:31Z")

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What tv show? Are they going to film it for the show, or is it laying around for people to play with between shoots?

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**Author:** ![Lseda3984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lseda3984](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lseda3984)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/astrojax-for-counterweight/71356/4 "2014-12-15T10:51:49Z")

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> [@larryastrojax](#):
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> What tv show? Are they going to film it for the show, or is it laying around for people to play with between shoots?

i honestly don’t know all i do there is clean i clean the office over night i have access to the prop room where my supplies are at and i saw them just there laying with a bunch of other toys i do know they do film a lot of reality and murder shows there