MANBURGARLAR
Eagle Member
I have never tried the flash, but I agree. I don't know why they aren't showing the surge any love in new plastic varieties..
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Necro bumping this thread to restart the discussion.
The flash, especially in esp plastic, is one of the most unique discs ever made. It blurs the line of whats possible with being stable enough to handle 450' of power, while still being understable.
For the high distance line, I have yet to find a disc with similar flight characteristics. It will slowly dive nose down and glide out where anything comparable would dump out from too high of a cruising speed causing loss of glide. The closest flying disc I know of that flew similarly that's also sadly no longer available was the baby blue pop top gateway illusions.
For steep uphill drives it's basically a cheater disc, you don't even have to follow the profile of the hill simply throw it steeper than the angle of the hill and higher than you would any other disc and watch it turn over and glide flat into the finish vs having to gamble with other flippy discs that need to ride the ragged edge of turning into a roller for that shot shape.
Sadly, discraft has decided it's better as a shelf queen collectors disc vs a thrower and refuses to run them in esp plastic.
Others have noted that the flash is the og groove, they were hit or miss especially in z plastic ranging from meathook glideless turds to worthless roller discs and the occasional long drive bomber. The esp flavor of plastic had less of the groove lottery factor but did suffer from the color variations effecting flight.
So for those of you who have thrown a flash, what do you suppose is similar today?
Just do what we all do. Start buying boxes of similar discs and hope to find one that fits. Then pile all the other contenders, failing auditions, in the garage or basement. This is a neat site to do some comparing.
http://www.inboundsdiscgolf.com/content/?page_id=431
Hmmm 10 5 -2 3... has anyone tried the 2023 ledgestone Z flash?
https://infinitediscs.com/discraft-flash
Looks like they have 124 in stock
The only Z one I had was a GLO and stable as all heck.
the closest thing to a flash would be a wraith or a flow. Inertia is a good disc ( it's basically a Leopard ). Here's a pic of a Flash & wraith side by side ( Wraith on the right ). I did notice the flash being around 2mm taller...more glide?
the closest thing to a flash would be a wraith or a flow. Inertia is a good disc ( it's basically a Leopard ). Here's a pic of a Flash & wraith side by side ( Wraith on the right ). I did notice the flash being around 2mm taller...more glide?
Lol the Inertia isn't "basically a Leopard"
Have you compared them side by side? I have.