rikardob
Eagle Member
I've looked all over the place and can't seem to find this badboy for sale anywhere.
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[Gateway] Where can I buy the Gateway Titan Portable?
- Thread starter rikardob
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Those things are ridiculous. We played a course in FL that had Titans and it has to be the stoutest basket with the weakest attaching hardware (they were all tilted in some way).
I don't know if its true but I am not sure they sell them due to approval issues>?
I don't know if its true but I am not sure they sell them due to approval issues>?
The Titan is classic Gateway. The basket attachment and chain assembly were designed for a certain size pipe, then they realized that it was an obscure diameter and they could get a slightly smaller pipe for 1/2 the price. So they went with the cheaper pipe, and the chain assembly and basket attachment don't fit snuggly and all end up leaning.
They also are not approved for PDGA play. When they were making the basket attachment they called the PDGA and asked for the legal diameter. Somebody on the phone gave them a number. Gateway never clarified if it was the inside or outside diameter and guessed it was the inside diameter. It was the outside diameter and the basket attachment was slightly too large to be legal. The Tech Standards have been relaxed and the Titan may be legal sized now, but GDS has not sent it back in for testing.
The flip side is that the chain configuration and the larger back chains really make this basket catch. The design they came up with was a great catching basket. The execution of bringing it to market has been awful.
Yeah the 3 rows of chain is like a Discatcher and Mach III combined since it has a dual angled row and a straight set as well...catches like a mofo.
Makes sense on the pipe size and arrrgh, how frustrating...a small press in sleeve would fix that problem...they are such bohemoths it is a shame to see them all tilty and crap looking.
Makes sense on the pipe size and arrrgh, how frustrating...a small press in sleeve would fix that problem...they are such bohemoths it is a shame to see them all tilty and crap looking.
TreeLove
Newbie
Sounds like we are in need of a shim - any Boeing engineers on this board? Seriously though, wouldn't a sleeve with the right ID and OD resolve this issue? Can you even buy the Titan any more?
discgolferjr
Par Member
Yes it is approved. Here is the link: http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/PDGA_approved_targets_121409.pdf
Yes, they were approved this fall after this thread was started.
Dave also claims that the basket attachments are designed to be welded to the pipe, so the reason you see attachments leaning is the fault of places who improperly install them. He didn't explain why his attachments have to be welded when all the other baskets have attachments that fit snugly enough to stay in place without being welded, but it is what it is.
Dave also claims that the basket attachments are designed to be welded to the pipe, so the reason you see attachments leaning is the fault of places who improperly install them. He didn't explain why his attachments have to be welded when all the other baskets have attachments that fit snugly enough to stay in place without being welded, but it is what it is.
