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So what are you saying JR? Which one should I get?JR said:Unfortunately there are some super beefy Star Eagles that are crazy meathooks. Z Predator like. They are very short and super power hungry. Much more than what Blake wrote.
pask2155 said:HOw do you know if you got an eagle l or eagle X?
Blake_T said:The man dangling from a ledge is a great analogy, Chris. It's funny, because when I throw Rocs 350'+ it means I should be able to throw Nukes 460'+ but when I hit a field I'll hit 85% or better of my roc throws but I'm lucky if I can get a single hit in 10 tries on a Nuke.
As for talk about Eagles, remember there's both Eagle X's and Eagle L's floating around. EL's are like a faster Polaris LS or slower Beast and fly pretty much the same in both DX and Champ plastic. EX's are a different animal completely. In DX they are throwable with 325' of power. In Star they need more like 360'+ of power. In Champ they need more like 380'+ of power on em to be able to work em at all. In a perfect world, people would be able to throw 390'+ consistently before grabbing an EX in premium plastic.
isobar said:I started off playing disc golf by finding the fastest discs I could and throwing them. 2 years later, I couldn't understand why I couldn't throw a fairway/mid/putter on a line without it turning into a roller. It was a huge setback to where I am know, and my first rule whenever I take someone new out to play is to give them a buzz to start.
The problem with starting with the fast discs is you will be teaching yourself to wrist roll all your shots. The only way you can throw those discs for any distance when you start out is to put extreme amounts of angle into your starting throw. But if you disc down and focus on throwing slower discs, you will teach yourself to release them flat. Once you have learned to throw flat, it is much easier to learn how to make every disc fly the way you want it. But if you never learn to throw flat, you will never learn how to really manipulate all your discs, all you will learn is "This disc is perfect for short dog leg holes, all it does it bend really hard" "This disc is really over stable to the point I can throw it at a 30% anny and it turns for a nice 300' S-cure." or "This disc isn't overstable enough, it just turns into a roller"
MikeyDays said:I don't like DX plastic. Am I just being picky and don't know what Im talking about? Im tempted to get star or champion.
NoLifeLeft said:Switch to Champ and Star fairways when you start saying "I wish my fairways would stop going so far". Seriously, I was using DX fairways for a long time based on the advice on this site and they are great. Once my golfable max distance hit about 380'-400' I switched back to premium plastic fairway drivers because the lost glide put them perfectly between my distance discs and my mids. If I get a good yank on a DX Eagle X or TeeBird now I could unintentionally send it a lot farther than I need. If you insist on having a premium plastic fairway driver, you need to pick a different mold that has a lower power requirement. Premium Eagles and TBs are great discs if you have power to spare but they make terrible learning tools.