Meillo
Eagle Member
The problem of the wording comes from the definition of the property itself. The ``stability'' property has one axis, but it has two directions: ``understable'' to the one side and ``overstable'' to the other, with ``stable'' in the middle. Such a system is awkward, because you cannot measure with a single term. Instead you have to only use the word ``understable'' if you talk about values on the one side (i.e. ``more understable'' and ``less understable'') and only use the word ``overstable'' when you talk about values on the other side (i.e. ``less overstabel'' and ``more overstable''), whereas you use the word ``stable'' only when you mean ``close to the middle''. But you may never call one understable disc more overstable when it is still on the understable side. This system does not match the mind model for property measurement on a single axis. Actually, there is no single axis, but it's rather three separate properties, that are connected, laying on three axis, which happen to be all on top of each other. This does not match the idea of one single ``stability'' property. Actually, it should be the ``overstable/understable/straight-stable properties''.
Or, if we want to go with the other school of thought, we would call it the ``stability property'' with discs having positive or negative values, or being around zero. In this case, we can talk about ``more stable''.
This thread is about the question which school of thought is the prefered one.
... still ignoring, that stability is not one value on a single (or three overlaying) axis, but a combination of at least the two properties ``resistance to high-speed turn'' and ``amount of low-speed fade''.
Or, if we want to go with the other school of thought, we would call it the ``stability property'' with discs having positive or negative values, or being around zero. In this case, we can talk about ``more stable''.
This thread is about the question which school of thought is the prefered one.
... still ignoring, that stability is not one value on a single (or three overlaying) axis, but a combination of at least the two properties ``resistance to high-speed turn'' and ``amount of low-speed fade''.
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