[Other] Theory on light weight disc flight

[gumbilicious]

I used the word "theory" as used by normal people, not scientists. Yes, it's technically a hypothesis. Or maybe just a hair-brained idea. Call it whatever makes you happy.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Ignore any GYRO marketing and just read whats being said...

 

[Questatement]

I find lighter weight, stable to OS drivers are easier to power up due to less pulling away (out of the hand) as compared to their heavier counterparts. The trade off is more resistance against atmospheric density. Imagine a golf ball and ping pong ball being shot from the same spring loaded launcher. If the spring was somewhat challenged to launch the golf ball at the same speed as the ping pong ball, the latter would exit faster but perhaps not travel as far.

Somewhere in those variables is the perfect blend of force to resistance that each of us must find via experimentation.

For instance, a 162g Wraith is my longest average disc but on days when my form is at its peak, a max weight gets out another 40' or so.

 

[cblowrun]

This is a cool theory that seems legit. From all sides it makes sense, I could only think of one thing that may push back against it. I thought it may be interesting to consider looking at it from the other angle too - heavy discs with lighter rims vs denser flight plates. For example this Pd2: https://store.discmania.net/index.php/featured-products/heavy-blizzard-c-line-pd2.html has bubbles in the rim, but according to Lizotte's ITB is one of the most Overstable runs of the disc. Going by the above theory of weight distribution in the disc affecting disc stability, wouldn't the same logic apply to a heavier disc? We could perhaps infer that this PD2 would be less stable because of the weight being more flight plate focused, but it isn't. I know it's just one example, so it isn't that scientific. Just something I thought of.
Disclaimer: I don't have the arm to throw a pd2 so I've never thrown one with bubbles or not. Also I'm pretty much a disc golf noob, so my logic may be missing something completely.

This is the ITB - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSVAuz2y_c

 

[hugheshilton]

This is a cool theory that seems legit. From all sides it makes sense, I could only think of one thing that may push back against it. I thought it may be interesting to consider looking at it from the other angle too - heavy discs with lighter rims vs denser flight plates. For example this Pd2: https://store.discmania.net/index.php/featured-products/heavy-blizzard-c-line-pd2.html has bubbles in the rim, but according to Lizotte's ITB is one of the most Overstable runs of the disc. Going by the above theory of weight distribution in the disc affecting disc stability, wouldn't the same logic apply to a heavier disc? We could perhaps infer that this PD2 would be less stable because of the weight being more flight plate focused, but it isn't. I know it's just one example, so it isn't that scientific. Just something I thought of.
Disclaimer: I don't have the arm to throw a pd2 so I've never thrown one with bubbles or not. Also I'm pretty much a disc golf noob, so my logic may be missing something completely.

This is the ITB - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSVAuz2y_c

Sound like from how I read the description, those aren't actually blizzard plastic. They just occasional find a bubble or 2 in the rims during the run. Often when a bubble is found, that disc ends up being sold as an F2 by Innova although maybe Discmania has different quality standards. I think those are just regular max weight PD2s though.