Johnny_Crunch
Double Eagle Member
Wow, that's a lot of work
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It is obvious that discs of the same mold but different plastics have different flight characteristics but I have noticed something. It may just be coincidence but I have noticed that a plastics ability to absorb permenant marker seems to be directly proportional to it's drag. If you take two discs of the same mold like a champion wraith and a dx wraith and write your name on them with a sharpie and then use acetone to remove the sharpie, the disc with the least amount of sharpie left in it (DX plastic) will fly farther and have less fade than the other one(Champion plastic).
My theory is that at a microscopic level air will absorb into the plastic just as the sharpie ink did and adhere better and therefore slow the disc down faster.
So if this is true, if you could create a plastic that sharpie will not stick to then you would have the ultimate long flying plastic.
Oh lord, not this thread again. Will no one accept my theory of turn and fade occurring thanks to the invisible Hand of God? Guess I'm the only creationist disc golfer.
can someone explain to me how altitude and temperature effect the flight of a disc, why distance is effected?
Rameka,
Wonderful job on your explanations and follow ups to peoples questions. As a business major and history buff, i have a hard time grasping a lot of these concepts but i have re-read your orignial post 4 times now and am getting a much better understanding. Just wanted to let you know your hard work is appreciated and well-worth it. You should make a video explaining your points so i could watch that too!opcorn:
lol i thought i had it right this time, i even looked it over, affect
Why do discs hyzer/anhyzer?
That is, a disc with greater spin will resist the forces generated by forward speed.
In my experience, the stronger my grip (which is best asserted with the thumb), the greater the effect of hyzer. Conversely, the looser my grip, the more likely my disc is to anhyzer.
Two new, identical discs thrown at the same angle and speed, but with different spins will hyzer at different points in their flight, the one with less spin hyzering later than that with more spin.
Which means that a player who lacks the arm speed to produce speeds greater than a disc's rating will get more distance with less spin
while a player who can produce forward speeds greater than a disc's rating will get the greatest distance by imparting an equally great spin.
I've 'tuned' many discs using the "Epic" instructions – it works on all drivers that bend without breaking
Observationally, discs continue to spin until they are stopped.
The effect of spin increases as the disc's forward speed decreases.
Of course, none of that takes into account the spin imparted on the disc, which is why any two players with the same arm speed can achieve different distances with the same disc in the same conditions.
I have a headache now. And also a BS that took lots of physics and maths. And still a headache.
lowers humidity - also less drag