Eagle L is a great disc for FH hyzerflip. Makes sense as an addition to the bag, although weird as a "replacement" for something rated 2 speeds slower. (I will say that, personally, I find the Eagle L more comfortable in a FH grip than pretty much any mid.) If anything it seems like a good supplement to the Mako3; longer and little bit more shot-shapey. Fills the gap between the Mako3 and the Thunderbirds.
Last I heard, the Eagle L was OOP. Some on here have said that certain molds might just be for the purposes of shilling for Innova, but if that was the case I'd expect to see a Leopard3 instead. Hopefully Innova takes the hint and makes a production run of flat champ Eagle L's (tour series disc??)
I was surprised by what Big J said about the Colossus. Haven't thrown one, but per the numbers it seems like it should be a big S-curve bomber. So when he said he used it for tighter lines I was thinking
"huh?" Sounds like Colossus is being replaced by Shryke, which has the same odd feeling if he's using it for those shots. Whatever works, I guess.
That's a gross oversimplification of the physics of surface texture. Sure, a textured surface CAN have less friction than a smooth surface, but it needs to be just the right amount of texture. It takes millions of r&d dollars to perfect things like "sharkskin" Olympic bathing suits. The Airline industry has been working on textured paints or surface treatments for decades, yet nothing has really made it out of the experimental phase because the physics are so complicated.
So you can continue to think your broken in discs have more glide because all those gouges I the rim create a sharkskin effect, I'll continue to attribute it to the lowered PLH.
Interesting discussion here. To add even more complication, I'll point out that "sharkskin" bathing suits are dealing with water which is relatively incompressible. It's an entirely different matter when looking at flight through a highly compressible substance like air.
I agree to some extent that beat discs' tendency to act more understable than when they were new contributes to more apparent glide. However, I'd offer an alternate/supplemental explanation to the PLH changing. Could be possible that surface wear and irregularities generate turbulent flow along more of the disc surface, rather than just the tailing edge. If that effect moves the net lift force back, then the disc will fly as if it were more nose down.
(Would be interested to hear the opinion of someone with more experience in aerodynamics; I'm just spitballing here.)
