jupiterboy
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I've always found this weird. I get that it's not just about the teeeeeeeny tiny thickness of the stamp, but because of how the stamping process can deform the disc. That's kind of why it seems odd, to me.
I have 3 Nukes, and each of them has radically different shapes - including one that's so weird you'd think it was some weird mold like the ones Quest used to make (which also has multiple hot stamps from the factory).
If the intention is to not have the flight altered, how is it an approved mold can be so wildly out of spec, and still be an allowed disc?
That doesn't even begin to get into the differences in the shoulder and dome of the Comet over the years...
Probably the heat and surface area of the stamp, but also the time the metal stays in contact. It's easy to mess up a foil stamp, but all these would be different and act somewhat differently on different plastics.
But the point I'm getting at, I believe the rule is there to prevent people from modifying their discs in a way they believe would improve the flight. If that were legal, people would go crazy with it.
I think they've inadvertently crafted language that is too restrictive. I suspect they will walk it back, but it is so obviously flawed that it makes one wonder how they could write something like that and not recognize that they were striking a real blow to small shops/custom stamps/etc.
Maybe the big shops pressured the rule because custom stamps were cutting into their primary business. Seems unlikely.