Small slope / Big difference

[gvan]

Background: My distance has been at a plateau of 330' (on flat land) for a couple of months. I hit that with a Wraith, Teebird and Sidewinder regularly and about 300' with a Roc or Cro.

On a hole that has a slope up, I don't get as far, obviously, but what sort of hit is real, and how much is psychological?

Example: 317' straight hole I can park most of the time. 320' hole where the pin is about 15' higher than the tee, I am about 50' shy and have NEVER thrown past the pin.

How much should I expect to lose on a slope like that. Is there a different line I should try that may work better for uphill shots?

[garublador]

The general rule of thumb is about 3' of forward distance gained or lost for each 1' of elevation change.

Also, if your Wraith, Teebird and Sidewinder are all going about the same distance you may have nose angle issues which could be magnified when throwing uphill.

So, for a 15' rise and potential nose angle issues, loosing 60' isn't out of the ordinary.

[gvan]

Interesting. I'll have to keep a watch on my nose angle for a while. FL, Wraith and Sidewinder do go farther than the Teebird generally, but only by about 30 feet.

Will nose angle always cause too much height (or into the ground)? I'd guess most of my drives are around 30 or 40 feet high at their apogee.

[Adam Schneider]

Because you HAVE to throw nose-up when going up a steep hill, it's probably better to use more understable plastic (Sidewinder) in that case. And the opposite holds true for most downhill holes.

[sidewinder22]

I prefer overstable disc uphill and do a big anhyzer Scurve that fades back.

[Lewis]

Getting the nose up makes the disc "kite" into the air, stall, and lose speed. But getting the nose too far down leaves your disc plowing into the ground before it runs out of speed. I get the most distance throwing more or less parallel to the ground. If your throws end with a long tail-off of fade before falling almost straight towards the ground, you're getting the nose up too much. But don't take our word for it. Go out to the park and experiment! ;)