Vorpaljesus
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Maybe I missed something... Are people having a problem with XXXs flipping on them?
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I have to admit that we have a bit different reasons not to like the XXX.I'm with you here. The XXX is just too flippy/glidey for me.
Maybe I missed something... Are people having a problem with XXXs flipping on them?
Not a problem with it. But the fact is that it isn't as overstable as a flat Ch Glo Firebird. Those things just came out of your disc with absolutely no action forehand or backhand, you never worried about them flying too far ever because even if you ripped them - they just dropped out of the sky fading.Maybe I missed something... Are people having a problem with XXXs flipping on them?
Trust me - not an issue with regard to a single dud. I've probably had about five or six of them over the past year and a half, and I have about five of them right now including the one that is my current thrower and backups. I like the disc a lot, but it just glides too much for my taste.I was thinking the same thing.
I'm suspecting that Chris got a dud of a XXX.
The Opto XXX I throw is every bit as stable as a Champ Firebird, even after a couple seasons of tree hits. It's got a hard fade at the end and I don't really see much glide either.
I don't know what it is then, but for one reason or another the XXX feels much "glumsier" / "more blunt" than the FB based on the few times I've thrown the two side by side.
So is the disc gonna be a blatant rip off of the firebird or flick?
Well I get mine with my team shipment, any time new discs come out we get a pair straight off. And this one was well worth it. I decided to trust the idea that it was a Champ Firebird type disc right off, and the disc rewarded that trust. It has officially filled a hell of a gap in my bag that I was missing. It is overstable and wonderful. Sharp sidearms that my slightly-worn Gold Stiletto was carrying 30 feet far on, this thing dumps off with a full rip on it. Great disc, really reliable. It'll be in my bag for a long time.
Also had a nice Lucid Warden in the bag for the first time - flew wonderfully. A touch more overstable than the Classic Blends I throw, and I imagine it'll hold that stability for a longer period of time than the CBs do. So I'm in love with that as well. Great shipment, really helped my bag out a TON. Good bye XXX, you served your time well.
"Felon is just like a first run red CE Firebird, one of the seriously overstable ones. As it breaks in it becomes truly glorious." - Ron Convers Jr. :O