Definition of the word Stable

[Horsman]

What do you guys think is the proper way to use the word stable in disc golf?

To me it means the disc will more or less be straight, not overstable or understable. But maybe I'm wrong.

 

[notroman]

Stable to me means the disc angle won't deviate from the release angle through its flight. If you throw a hyzer, it will hold a hyzer. If you throw flat, it will hold flat, etc.

 

[Broken Shoulder]

Stable is straight.

 

[slowplastic]

Stable means straight/firmly neutral to me. But when said like "really stable" or "more stable" really/more mean increasing to me, so that changes the meaning to overstable. That's how lots of people use it.

So because of how people tend to talk, I just associate something being "really stable" as meaning "really overstable". Like a "good stable putter" means a very straight disc, but a "very stable putter" means an OS disc like a Zone/Harp.

 

[Halcón]

What is par?

 

[Jay Dub]

If Prepube was still here he'd b!tch about this thread.

 

[SD86]

I think it means straight, but some use it to mean overstable. They especially mean "more overstable" when saying a disc is "more stable" than another.

 

[Keller]

To me,
Stable is a Teebird
Overstable is a Firebird.

Speaking Innova anyway.

I know trilogy has their own definitions

 

[Moose33]

Yeah, straight and stable are pretty much the same to me as well.

 

[Bogey B.O.B.]

Screenshot from innovadiscs.com. There is no need for debate on this topic. Stable means straight.

 

[jeffmonty]

It might actually mean straight, but I answered overstable because almost anything considered stable means overstable when I throw it (when new off the shelf).

 

[armiller]

The answer is B, "straight," but 99% of the time that you hear someone talk about it, "stable" means overstable. This is particularly true among disc golf pros and media people. I don't expect the usage will change anytime soon, because it's usually so easy to determine what they mean based on context.

 

[tirepizza]

Stable = z comet. A lot of commentators refer to it like a firebird though, especially Nate perkins

 

[Orioles_Lefty]

Straight but with likely a hyzer finish. I'd call a straight disc with neutral, straight finish a "neutral" disc, which isn't same as stable (to me).

 

[ChrisWoj]

What do you guys think is the proper way to use the word stable in disc golf?

To me it means the disc will more or less be straight, not overstable or understable. But maybe I'm wrong.

A disc is stable at a particular speed if it flies straight at that particular speed.

 

[Hampstead]

Neutral, beefy, flippy


Stables are for horses.

 

[gammaxgoblin]

The answer is B, "straight," but 99% of the time that you hear someone talk about it, "stable" means overstable. This is particularly true among disc golf pros and media people. I don't expect the usage will change anytime soon, because it's usually so easy to determine what they mean based on context.

Given this ^^^, which I agree with what is said, I would argue that the words mean what is MEANT when used. Like "cool" or "hot" for any number of things. In normal usage we all know what is meant by them when they are said even though the literal or original meaning of the word is different. So having said that I think we will all agree moving forward that stable=overstable. Besides....you need to add context to using any of these words because of variances between FH and BH and how fast it is thrown....imo.

 

[dehaas]

Straight with a slight fade. I think most discs that will resist high speed turn will also fade when they slow down. Roc or teebird are the definitions of stable discs to me.

Now what's even better are when people use flippy to describe an overstable disc. People looking for "flippy" pd2s. A pd2 is not a flippy disc, you're looking one for that isn't stupid meathook overstable...aka less overstable.

 

[lines]

'More stable' should not mean OS. It should mean super straight.

 

[GripEnemy]

If Prepube was still here he'd b!tch about this thread.

I'm tired, here's a few in his memory:

Stable? Overstable?
overloaded terms: more stable
Pick the most stable disc
More Stable vs. More Stability
Stable vs Unstable
What does the term "more stable" mean?
"More Stable" Discussion