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Never knew one was made
you mean those purple ones with something like hole #7 on it?
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Never knew one was made
the bead is there for durability issues, the effects it has on flight is minimal.
From an open letter thread to 3Putt and Garb:
"Beads alter drag and lift making discs fly more stable. Similar to a race car in principle, spoilers make the car more stable to the ground.
... or another analogy is moving the elevator down on an airplanes tail wing. The taller the bead, the more prone the disc will be fading toward the ground. This, I assume, is the easiest way to counteract a discs understability. Shave the bead off a Roc and it will behave similar to a Buzzz. Or.... shave the bead off a Wasp and it will be similar to a buzzz."
the bead is there for durability issues, the effects it has on flight is minimal.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Who actually wrote this though? I'm assuming it is someone with a lot of Disc aerodynamics street credit.
The qualification of being "an open letter thread to 3Putt and Garb" doesn't mean a lot to me.
the bead is there for durability issues, the effects it has on flight is minimal.
the bead is there for durability issues, the effects it has on flight is minimal.
Can someone actually verify that a discs bead has purposes for durability? This thread is the first I've heard of that, and quite frankly don't believe.
Can someone actually verify that a discs bead has purposes for durability? This thread is the first I've heard of that, and quite frankly don't believe.
Ok, let's say the 2nd part of that statement is true (I still personally think the bead has a noticeable effect on the flight throughout all parts of the rocs cycle, but I'll agree to disagree). However, the first part is not at all counter to what I originally posted. The bead does add durability, which gives the Roc a longer life cycle/keeps it from getting flippy too fast, which I initially said.
There have been several posts on here that state that beads were created for durability purposes, and they soon discovered that it made discs fly more overstable.
You're current with your membership, aren't you? That would be a pretty awesome question to ask Dave (one I would love an answer to). Any chance you'd get on the PDGA forums and ask him?
It may add to stability but nothing to do with overstability.
That sentence is a head scratcher, for sure.
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...I can think of more but its early.
It may add to stability but nothing to do with overstability.
...and before you try and use the removal of the bead from the wasp to get the buzzz bs. the 1st run buzzz's were every bit as overstable as the Wasps of the time...
i refuse to use stability in the stupid way disc golf wants it to be. so take it for what stability literally means.
Can someone actually verify that a discs bead has purposes for durability? This thread is the first I've heard of that, and quite frankly don't believe.
i refuse to use stability in the stupid way disc golf wants it to be. so take it for what stability literally means.