A 135g fission tesla has crazy glide when measured with the glideometer.
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[Recommend] 10 speed 6 glide
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mattc
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Saints are my #1 go to driver
curveball4
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:clap:
Science. Pffft.
PMantle
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I always thought it was funny that Innova would describe a disc with a 4 rating as having "amazing glide".
SD86
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But like Quantum Physics, the glide properties change when one tries to measure them.
The glide 6 is one unit of glide higher, a.k.a. more glidey.
A 3,4,x,x disc is high glide. A 9,4,x,x... not so much....
As to Innova's marketing license... we're back to quantum physics again...
Streets
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Wrong. It's an arbitrary number that means very little.
Reniger
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True, PMantle. Again, the flight ratings are and have always been very subjective. Example, I find that PDs have solid glide at a "4" yet I have a Leopard 3 that I got from a tournament that I swear has no glide. It doesn't fade hard, it doesn't turn, it just loses altitude and settles to the ground quicker than I'd ever expect.
alfonseski
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Exactly how many feet are there in a unit of glide?
alfonseski
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Also sometimes things go up Base 10 per unit, not one single unit. Example, the richter scale.
If that was the case a Saint would go like 600 feet for a casual.
If that was the case a Saint would go like 600 feet for a casual.
SD86
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These discussions remind me that Discraft's simplistic rating system has its merits. I think it would be perfect with the addition of speed. I have no use for a glide rating, although it's something I do notice when throwing a disc.
What?!?
Whenever I pick up a driver, I already know it's at least a 4 on the glide scale (unless it's something designed to have meathook properties). 5 versus 4 means almost nothing to me, and to see a 6 would only strike me as a marketing gimmick, much like the whole silly "race to speed 14!" thing.
Some discs have that extra glide factor, but I have to throw it to believe it. Assigning an integer for a disc's glide does seem arbitrary to me as well...
