Noobie Question Thread (Dumb Questions answered here)

[bcr123psu]

A Star Destroyer will have either *DS or SDS written on the bottom. Different people will tell you different things about them regarding whether there is a difference between the two. Some say that the night shift wrote S and the day shift wrote * (or the other way around), others will say that it indicates a different run/mold, etc.

 

[Star Shark]

My first run has *D on it

 

[bcr123psu]

I've had first runs that have *D and SD, FWIW

 

[McGhetty517]

ive gotta star aviar that has *AVI on the bottom so...

 

[freakinwizzz]

thanks guys..one other thing i think my "years playing" was set to the wrong year by me on accident and i can't figure out how to change it. anyone know which options this is under?

 

[lapants]

Go to "My Dashboard" and change your "Date Started Playing"

This is what its calculated off of.

 

[brettricewku]

I see mids go up to 180 in weight, why have I never seen 180 in drivers?

 

[steveo69]

I see mids go up to 180 in weight, why have I never seen 180 in drivers?

The PDGA puts weight restrictions according to the diameter of the disc. So mids being a larger diameter they are allowed to have more weight.

 

[jenb]

Max weight is set for disc diameter. Drivers are smaller in diameter than mids. 175 is max for drivers.

You can get some 200 gram discs that are legal to use, like the zephyr or an ultimate disc, but they are really slow and understable.

There was a time that there were discs available up to 240 or even 280 iirc, but the PDGA put a stop to that.

 

[Giv'r]

I see mids go up to 180 in weight, why have I never seen 180 in drivers?

To be PDGA approved, discs must not exceed 8.3 g per cm of outside disc diameter. Something like a Roc or a Cobra has a diameter of 21.7 cm while a Firebird or a Destroyer has a diameter of 21.1 cm. Have a look at the approved list to see the specs on every disc there is. Maybe there's a wide diameter driver out there after all.

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/PDGA_approved_discs_010812.pdf

Here's the tech standards for little more info.

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/PDGATechStandards_8_1_11.doc.pdf

 

[Triflusal]

To be PDGA approved, discs must not exceed 8.3 g per cm of outside disc diameter. Something like a Roc or a Cobra has a diameter of 21.7 cm while a Firebird or a Destroyer has a diameter of 21.1 cm. Have a look at the approved list to see the specs on every disc there is. Maybe there's a wide diameter driver out there after all.

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/PDGA_approved_discs_010812.pdf

Here's the tech standards for little more info.

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/PDGATechStandards_8_1_11.doc.pdf

cyclone has a wide diameter, viper, phenix, etc. tons of em.

 

[Giv'r]

cyclone has a wide diameter, viper, phenix, etc. tons of em.

There ya go. I knew they existed. I just didn't feel like looking through the list and picking out the drivers.

 

[jenb]

There was a time that an Aviar was considered "the driver," and then the Roc became "the driver." Cyclone maxes out at 176 on the chart, and discs like the Phenix and Viper may have been considered drivers at the time, but no more so than the Roc. They are certainly not modern drivers. As far as I'm concerned, any disc of diameter large enough to be 180 on the chart is not really a driver by today's standards, including the "ultra long range driver" Viper. I think the Viper is just as much a mid as the 180 max Stingray, which used to be the longest driver out there, and is now considered a mid as well.

 

[freakinwizzz]

how do you do the iTrader thing on here?

 

[The dude on the bike]

how do you do the iTrader thing on here?[navigate there and read up.

 

[plastic cannon]

So I think I may have been misinformed the other day. I was playing with a guy I didn't know and he said my grip was too tight because when I throw (RHBH) you can hear a very loud snap as the disc releases from my hand. Was he right or not? Just for reference I throw about 380-400 regularly and about 420 if I try and crush it. Thanks guys!

 

[bholy08]

Ummm stay away from that guy!!

 

[plastic cannon]

That's kinda what I thought too. I was told tons o snap was good by a few pros who happen to be good friends of mine. And when I say loud I mean loud. I've been told you can here it off the next tee box lol

 

[Connor Jones]

That sound has 0 to do with snap, it's just your fingers hitting against your hand from your release.

 

[plastic cannon]

So that's not a bad sound to hear right? I can generate good snap, I just didn't know that sound didn't have anything to do with it.