FightingTheTide
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Do you mean good as in overstable with good glide?
Let us know what you find.
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[Discmania] Power Driver Freak PEEDEE Thread
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Do you mean good as in overstable with good glide?
Let us know what you find.
Kp0c
Eagle Member
I will. However, i don't expect the discs before two weeks or so. I placed my order on hold to get some resistors as well. My local store is still waiting for some.
Also, I only use s-pd for now, so it might be hard for me to know if the p-pd I get are any different than older batches but I'll try.
FightingTheTide
Birdie Member
If it's not stiff, slick, and doesn't chunk when it hits a hard surface, then it's a good blend.
Kp0c
Eagle Member
Haha! That should be easy enough to find out! Looking forward to beat one in quickly, so I might be aiming near trees with one or two of them.
Lurp Nuts
* Ace Member *
there are two major types of older pro; the softer, domier type with more stability, and the firmer flatter type. the firmer ones do take on scuffing easier than others.
edit: i actually prefer the firmer blend because they start straighter, have less LSS, and work into better turnover discs.
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FightingTheTide
Birdie Member
About three years ago I had two P PDs that were flat as a board and really soft. They beat in to really understable. I think back to those as the good blend of Pro.
The bad blend I'm referencing was also flat, but it would lose pieces of the rim if it hit a tree too hard.
Lurp Nuts
* Ace Member *
interesting. i've never seen one that was soft and flat. sounds nice :thmbup:
DannyThunders
Double Eagle Member
Sort of like how a good Teebird flies like a good Teebird, do these fly like a proper C-pd should ? ive never thrown C-pd's so i dont know which runs fly correctly and which dont, would this be considered a correctly flying run?
tbird888
Salient Disc Test Team
How does a proper C-PD fly? A CFR that's very beefy, almost Predator-like? A 3rd run with a moderate dome that's less beefy than most S-Lines are when new? A Glow that's pretty beefy but with a little more glide than the CFRs?
DannyThunders
Double Eagle Member
It seems most molds have atleast 1 run that most people that throw the mold hunt and search for because of flight characteristics, would the jolly launcher c-pd's be an example of a good run? really i dont know how else to word it...
tbird888
Salient Disc Test Team
How about this...what do you want from a cpd? There are good things about every run, even the plus-molds.
I personally like the cfrs and the opaque second runs. The second runs fly like my seasoned first run s lines and keep me from losing the first runs.
I personally like the cfrs and the opaque second runs. The second runs fly like my seasoned first run s lines and keep me from losing the first runs.
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Kodachrome
* Ace Member *
i've only played 9 courses, but on each of those i simply cannot think of a situation where i think "hmm, i need a fairway driver here" unless it's for a long upshot and i don't want to risk my comets in the wind. i used to use them since a lot of our courses are tightly wooded, but my P-PDs are just as easy to thread and hyzerflip.
where do you reach for a fairway instead of the PD? i really don't and my scores have not suffered for it. the only shot i miss is straight with no fade. i find one of my two P-PD is more understable and powers down well; once i dial it in i'm sure it will fill that role as well in addition to my comets that do it right now.
where do you reach for a fairway instead of the PD? i really don't and my scores have not suffered for it. the only shot i miss is straight with no fade. i find one of my two P-PD is more understable and powers down well; once i dial it in i'm sure it will fill that role as well in addition to my comets that do it right now.
smdude
Par Member
S-TD! :thmbup:
FightingTheTide
Birdie Member
I reach for an FD when accuracy is more important and I feel more comfortable throwing a slower driver with more power instead of throwing a PD powered down. PDs do power down well, like you said, but there's a lot of wooded courses where I would rather throw an S FD on hyzer to flip it through the woods with no fade.
If your issue is wind with Comets, do you have a stable or overstable mid to compliment them? My opaque gummy C MD2 is just that disc. It's so vital in my bag I actually just started a thread to see if there's a viable replacement for it.
But back to your point, many people don't have anything between PDs and mids...it's a matter of comfort and acquired skill.
I throw PDs and Teebirds in varying states of wear. PDs have the potential to go about 30-40 feet further, have a more dependable fade and are more predictable in the wind. Teebirds are dependable straight a long shots and accuracy when my Rocs just aren't long enough. My Teebirds are probably about 30-40 feet longer than my Rocs. I have some Avery/Brinster/Totem Teebirds that have dependable PD-like fade, but they don't get the distance that my other Teebirds do.
To each his own.
Kodachrome
* Ace Member *
yeah, i kinda figured it would be a distance thing. the comets have just been going so much farther than all my other mids. i'll probably put a rival or something back in my bag for upshots where i don't want to throw a PD but a comet won't make it there due to wind; right now the 165g banshee i've got is pretty sweet for that role as well as utility shots.
as far as a stable/overstable complement to the comet, i've been using the pinnacle ghost, probably will go back to the vector. handles even some nasty wind with hyzer.
i dunno. it's not a crisis, but i figured i'd ask. it's the first time i've ever been without a fairway driver in my bag, but since this is only my first season taking things seriously i wasn't sure if there were certain lines, etc, that i would miss but just not know about until i got to a new course and realized i was screwed.
as far as a stable/overstable complement to the comet, i've been using the pinnacle ghost, probably will go back to the vector. handles even some nasty wind with hyzer.
i dunno. it's not a crisis, but i figured i'd ask. it's the first time i've ever been without a fairway driver in my bag, but since this is only my first season taking things seriously i wasn't sure if there were certain lines, etc, that i would miss but just not know about until i got to a new course and realized i was screwed.
how do you live in south st paul and have only played that little? unless you just started. the twin cities are a dream
Kodachrome
* Ace Member *
Haha, yeah. My buddies got me into it last year. Last fall I started going a lot, they all dropped off and I started getting better. Played just about every day this summer and now they don't play at all. So it's usually a solitary excursion. I go with what I know for the time being. Soon I will branch out! I focused a LOT on just learning new discs and technique as well, throwing multiples on holes, and that was much easier to do at local courses. I feel it has paid off, as I am just about done tweaking my bag. 
I feel like I just about have it figured out.
Garlough, oakwood, Lakewood hills, brp, both highland courses, kaposia, Kenwood trails, acorn. Hopefully I can add more soon. Bryant lake would be fun.
I feel like I just about have it figured out.Garlough, oakwood, Lakewood hills, brp, both highland courses, kaposia, Kenwood trails, acorn. Hopefully I can add more soon.
Bryant lake would be fun.
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Haha, yeah. My buddies got me into it last year. Last fall I started going a lot, they all dropped off and I started getting better. Played just about every day this summer and now they don't play at all. So it's usually a solitary excursion. I go with what I know for the time being. Soon I will branch out! I focused a LOT on just learning new discs and technique as well, throwing multiples on holes, and that was much easier to do at local courses. I feel it has paid off, as I am just about done tweaking my bag.
Garlough, oakwood, Lakewood hills, brp, both highland courses, kaposia, Kenwood trails, acorn. Hopefully I can add more soon.
is garlough cool? thats the only one i havent been too out of those. from the pics it looks like a lot of ace runs?
garlough depends in your skill level but if you are close its a fun course for what it is. Highland Park is prob my favorite down there for small 9er's
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