The Mickstar
Berg Gang
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While going through my bag today, I noticed that I only have one Gyro disc left in my bag, from a high of seven discs just a few months ago. This wasn't a conscious choice, just the result of many days of comparing similar discs in the field by my house.
After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that the reason is that my less than perfect throws with Gyro discs are worse than similar throws with non-Gyro discs. This is especially noticeable on throws where I don't put enough clean spin on the disc (i.e. I don't get good "snap").
Because this happens more often on less than full throws, I tested this theory by making a bunch of 150-200ft low power, low ceiling throws with mids that were as similar as possible aside from one being gyro. The comparisons were...
Neutron Hex vs Aura Pathfinder
Neutron Uplink vs Taffy Peace Train
On throws with good "snap", both full & less than full power, there wasn't a significant distance, flight or stability difference between the discs being compared. However, on any throw that I failed to get clean spin, the Gyro disc was consistently punished more severely - mainly distance, but also flight (i.e. hyzer out early).
Has anyone else noticed this?
After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that the reason is that my less than perfect throws with Gyro discs are worse than similar throws with non-Gyro discs. This is especially noticeable on throws where I don't put enough clean spin on the disc (i.e. I don't get good "snap").
Because this happens more often on less than full throws, I tested this theory by making a bunch of 150-200ft low power, low ceiling throws with mids that were as similar as possible aside from one being gyro. The comparisons were...
Neutron Hex vs Aura Pathfinder
Neutron Uplink vs Taffy Peace Train
On throws with good "snap", both full & less than full power, there wasn't a significant distance, flight or stability difference between the discs being compared. However, on any throw that I failed to get clean spin, the Gyro disc was consistently punished more severely - mainly distance, but also flight (i.e. hyzer out early).
Has anyone else noticed this?