onemilemore
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This would be helpful for us noodle arms.
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[MVP] MVP VOLT - The Comprehensive Thread
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This would be helpful for us noodle arms.
UnitedPuppySlayer
* Ace Member *
Warmer but super windy here today again. Noticed something, my max weights were flipping way more than my lightest one (169 scaled). Checked the some on them and my light one hadith more dome. Playing 3rd course today and will be throwing them a lot again. Got some lower powered friend meeting me tomorrow to throw them.
steve a
* Ace Member *
Maybe the heavy ones have a heavier core and are less gyroscopic.
Radiomuted
Birdie Member
Gotta say, the flight of the Volt is not what I was expecting. It's actually what I was hoping it would be, so this makes me a happy camper. From what it sounds like, a max weight and a 168ish will compliment each other well... Looking forward to spending some more goddamn money on discs.
Radiomuted
Birdie Member
Oh- thanks to Mike, UPS, ZAM, and Discspeed for the hasty reviews, pictures, and videos. We all appreciate it very much.
May as well post my pre-review here as well:
I finally got my Volts about an hour ago and I just got back from the field. I was just throwing shots close to full power and then aiming at random trees at random distances, so I only got a general feel for the disc. After I take it to a course or two I'll be able to compare it better to other discs.
The Volt has a lot of uniqueness to it's flight. Normally if I throw 4 of the same driver one after another I can start to see similarities to other discs, but I'm still not confident directly comparing the Volt to any other disc after a few dozen throws. Here are the things I can say for sure so far:
1. It's long...longer than I remember the protos being and longer than I expected.
2. It's a line shaping disc with kind of an old school Cyclone/EX type of pronounced turn and fade, ending fairly straight/slightly left on a flat shot. Thrown with more hyzer and it flips up but not over and fades strong but forward. The turn is slower than it should be for a disc so fast. It is by far the most turning/fading disc MVP has made.
3. Despite the movement in the flight the disc has a ridiculous amount of forward penetration...It was proving very forgiving when I was missing my line as it was getting good distance regardless of line as long as I kept it in the air.
The feel is great to me. It's a little shallow, but the profile fits it my so well and the plastic is grippy enough that I don't really notice it. I had no misfires today that I would attribute to myself getting adjusted to the grip. It is very smooth on the top and wing where the overmold meets the core. There is some noticeable flash on the wing a few mm's from the rim, though I don't feel it in the hand. I'm definitely going to be taking it off at least one of my Volts before I go out again to see if it affects stability.
I'm trying my best to be objective, but I'm really excited about this disc and I can't wait to take it to the course tomorrow for a full workout.
I finally got my Volts about an hour ago and I just got back from the field. I was just throwing shots close to full power and then aiming at random trees at random distances, so I only got a general feel for the disc. After I take it to a course or two I'll be able to compare it better to other discs.
The Volt has a lot of uniqueness to it's flight. Normally if I throw 4 of the same driver one after another I can start to see similarities to other discs, but I'm still not confident directly comparing the Volt to any other disc after a few dozen throws. Here are the things I can say for sure so far:
1. It's long...longer than I remember the protos being and longer than I expected.
2. It's a line shaping disc with kind of an old school Cyclone/EX type of pronounced turn and fade, ending fairly straight/slightly left on a flat shot. Thrown with more hyzer and it flips up but not over and fades strong but forward. The turn is slower than it should be for a disc so fast. It is by far the most turning/fading disc MVP has made.
3. Despite the movement in the flight the disc has a ridiculous amount of forward penetration...It was proving very forgiving when I was missing my line as it was getting good distance regardless of line as long as I kept it in the air.
The feel is great to me. It's a little shallow, but the profile fits it my so well and the plastic is grippy enough that I don't really notice it. I had no misfires today that I would attribute to myself getting adjusted to the grip. It is very smooth on the top and wing where the overmold meets the core. There is some noticeable flash on the wing a few mm's from the rim, though I don't feel it in the hand. I'm definitely going to be taking it off at least one of my Volts before I go out again to see if it affects stability.
I'm trying my best to be objective, but I'm really excited about this disc and I can't wait to take it to the course tomorrow for a full workout.
UnitedPuppySlayer
* Ace Member *
The blue one I have is more domey than the rest of them, and seeing how we know that when the miss have a big dome they are more stable, I'm gonna say its probably the same case.
the_pwnerator
Eagle Member
Solid assumption UPS. That's a good thing though, I can flatten discs easily...make them lighter...not so much.
I really want this thing to have a bit of turn.
the_pwnerator
Eagle Member
Sighh...just pre-ordered a White one...
Darn you MVP for making such awesome and sexy discs!!!
Darn you MVP for making such awesome and sexy discs!!!
They all have the same core, so the heavier ones should be slightly more gyroscopic. However, 5 grams spread over the entire rim is not even close to making a noticeable difference.
We threw a few random holes at the same course. I'll probably have something posted tonight. Turned out a little calmer, and being more familiar with the disc helped.
Yeah, I was thinking it had kind of a beefy TL, JLS, Gazelle looking kind of flight to it. It looks interesting.
How does it hold an anny line? It looks like it would hold a nice long anny for slightly right tracking holes.
Edit: That Squarepusher was a good choice. :thmbup:
steve a
* Ace Member *
It does a good right turning shot. Thrown with 350-375' of power and the tiniest bit of anny it will glide pretty straight then hold a right turn to the ground, but not such a hard turn that it wants to roll. It's very controllable for this line and is a shot I see myself using this disc for frequently. Hole 7 at Arboretum will be a perfect shot for the Volt.
Also watching my lower powered friend toss some Volts, it had a longer teebird look to it. Thought it would fly a bit more neutral but I think he throws a tad nose up.
onemilemore
* Ace Member *
So no turn to it, then? I was expecting it to be a bit more Eagleish.
Don't they all have the same outer rim too? So why do they weigh different?
Actually no. The rim is where the weight difference comes from.
