Disc Weights

[Frank Delicious]

Why do you think? If a 177g Boss is unsellable & would need to be reground, remelted, & remolded (all procedures that cost $$) to be able to be sold, doesn't it make financial sense for the disc company to fudge the weight a little to a legal, sellable number?

Also the PDGA has no way of penalizing companies that don't mark their discs correctly so what does it really matter?

 

[kpc2004]

possible, but that doesnt explain discs marked 172 that weigh 173 and 173.20, cause thats the case with my 2 newest discs...i think they just guestimate or weigh only a few and then mark a whole batch of them

 

[kpc2004]

Also the PDGA has no way of penalizing companies that don't mark their discs correctly so what does it really matter?

well i dont like throwing max weight, i prefer 172ish and i was stretching my comfort zone by getting a 174, and turns out the thing was almost 178...thats a big difference when it comes to a high speed disc like that.

 

[ERicJ]

Max weight = 176g

On a LOT of popular discs the actual max legal weight is 176g.
http://www.pdga.com/documents/pdga-approved-discs-pdf
But it seems like all I ever see marked as a max is 175. Anyone ever see "176" marked from the factory on the discs below?

E.g. of legal 176's: Avenger, Nuke, Predator, Tracker, Aviar, Banshee, Beast, Boss, Cheetah, Cro, Dart, Eagle, Gator, Gazelle, Katana, Leopard, Max, Monster, Orc, Starfire, TeeBird....

 

[kpc2004]

On a LOT of popular discs the actual max legal weight is 176g.
http://www.pdga.com/documents/pdga-approved-discs-pdf
But it seems like all I ever see marked as a max is 175. Anyone ever see "176" marked from the factory on the discs below?

E.g. of legal 176's: Avenger, Nuke, Predator, Tracker, Aviar, Banshee, Beast, Boss, Cheetah, Cro, Dart, Eagle, Gator, Gazelle, Katana, Leopard, Max, Monster, Orc, Starfire, TeeBird....

thats new info to me

 

[Frank Delicious]

I had an orc that was marked as 177 and weighed 179.

 

[sidewinding]

I caught one of my discs one day sitting in the corner eating M&M's.

 

[ERicJ]

I caught one of my discs one day sitting in the corner eating M&M's.

Was it a Destroyer that wouldn't turn over?

 

[sidewinding]

Was it a Destroyer that wouldn't turn over?

It was a 180 Comet. I re-weighed it and it was 181 so I called and reported myself to the PDGA for practicing with an illegal disc.

 

[Vegan Ray]

They declined to punish, saying, "Dude, you need all the help you can get."

 

[Frank Delicious]

It was a 180 Comet. I re-weighed it and it was 181 so I called and reported myself to the PDGA for practicing with an illegal disc.

Well the max weight for a comet is 180.9 so your scale could have just not been calibrated properly. I suggest you get a smaller, more accurate scale and reweigh the disc.

 

[sidewinding]

Well the max weight for a comet is 180.9 so your scale could have just not been calibrated properly. I suggest you get a smaller, more accurate scale and reweigh the disc.

You're probably right. I used the hanging scale in the produce section at Walmart. I thought those things were spot on.

 

[Frank Delicious]

You're probably right. I used the hanging scale in the produce section at Walmart. I thought those things were spot on.

No joke, I saw a mother weigh her baby in one of those at Wal Mart once.

 

[Apothecary]

walmart sells babies?:|

 

[ERicJ]

You're probably right. I used the hanging scale in the produce section at Walmart. I thought those things were spot on.

No joke, I saw a mother weigh her baby in one of those at Wal Mart once.

And what... no picture?!?
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

 

[Frank Delicious]

And what... no picture?!?
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

I have failed the internet.

Sorry guys.

 

[A.Mutt]

On a LOT of popular discs the actual max legal weight is 176g.
http://www.pdga.com/documents/pdga-approved-discs-pdf
But it seems like all I ever see marked as a max is 175. Anyone ever see "176" marked from the factory on the discs below?

E.g. of legal 176's: Avenger, Nuke, Predator, Tracker, Aviar, Banshee, Beast, Boss, Cheetah, Cro, Dart, Eagle, Gator, Gazelle, Katana, Leopard, Max, Monster, Orc, Starfire, TeeBird....

interesting point. This last fall MS didn't have the champion glow TL that I ordered off the website but on the phone told me they had a 176 from a previous tourney. However, when I got it 175 was written on the back instead. Haven't been able to weigh it yet to verify. And now that you mention it, I can't recall ever seeing anything higher than 175 written on any driver.

 

[LewisFlameworks]

Never seen a disc marked more than 175.... i have seen mas weight marked.

 

[sidewinding]

I caught one of my discs one day sitting in the corner eating M&M's.

It was candy plastic.

 

[garublador]

I had a proto Illusion marked 176. You could kill someone with it.