SuperWookie
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Hey Prodigy guys. Just looking for some insider info on the F5. I have a 750 plastic F5 and really like it. But I'm looking to pick up a few more to play with and looking for a few specific things from it.
So first off, my 750 F5 is a weird disc. First thing is that it doesn't appear to be like most "normal" F5's. Meaning, it's much thinner overall and has an almost perfectly flat top. And is thin overall. Whereas on Infinite Discs website, they list the F5 as having a 1.9cm overall height or depth, yet mine is NOWHERE near that tall. It is actually one of the thinnest flattest discs of my 40+ discs I own! And then they say this in the description: "At 1.9cm tall, the F5 is significantly taller than the existing fairway drivers, which all have a height of 1.5cm. This disc is very domey." So all of that confuses the hell out of me, and makes me wonder if I got some sort of weird one off run from Prodigy that is NOT the norm for the F5? Or is it possible to get other flat top thin F5's? Here's a picture of what a "normal" F5 looks like. And it is SUPER domey looking compared to mine. So is this what a "normal" F5 looks like. Tall and super domey?
And the second thing about it, is it's flight. It says it's supposed to be a 7/5-1.8/1 flying disc. Which you would think that would mean, if thrown flat or on a slight hyzer, that it would go straight for a bit, then just keep leaking out right on a nice soft anhyzer type line. But mine is not like that. It's more like a 7/5/-.5/2 or something like that. It has a slight turn or leak right, but then comes back for sure to the left near the end with a fairly noticeable fade. Not a hard dump or anything like a really O/S disc, but it ALWAYS comes back left to fade.
Whereas my Goldline Maul that has very similar flight #'s ALWAYS turns right and keeps going that way if thrown flat or even on a slight hyzer. So I'm very confused about why my specific F5 flies much more stable than the #'s indicate. And just wondering what the avg or normal F5 flies like?
So I like the fact that it's a thinner disc overall and a fairly flat top. It is KILLER for S shape FH's and is one of my most reliable and overall straight flying FW discs I rely on for tight tunnel shots. But the odd fade it has right at the end messes with my throws and mind. Because I'm never sure HOW much it's going to fade at the end. Sometimes it fades a lot, other times a little. It's NEVER the same and I hate that part of it. The first 3/4 of it's flight is so nice. Straight or a slow leak out right. PERFECT for tight wooded courses or when you need to pipe a shot. But the inconsistent fade at the end is acceptable and makes shots so hard to determine what the outcome is going to be.
So just wondering what the domy-ier versions of the F5 fly like? And does anyone else have any of these flatter top, thinner F5's, and how do they work for you. Would a domy-ier F5 be longer and glidier or about the same distance? More control, less control? Straighter or more turn? Less fade at the end or about the same?
So what I'd really like to find is an F5 that is more like it's #'s. So that I could throw it on a hyzer flip, and it just pushes forward straight the whole way with either a tiny fade left, or a tiny leak to the right at the end. And is long. Or if thrown flat, would ride a soft barely turning right anhyzer type flight path the whole way.
And then also, what do the different plastics do for the flight of the F5? 400, 400G, 500, and 750.
Thanks
So first off, my 750 F5 is a weird disc. First thing is that it doesn't appear to be like most "normal" F5's. Meaning, it's much thinner overall and has an almost perfectly flat top. And is thin overall. Whereas on Infinite Discs website, they list the F5 as having a 1.9cm overall height or depth, yet mine is NOWHERE near that tall. It is actually one of the thinnest flattest discs of my 40+ discs I own! And then they say this in the description: "At 1.9cm tall, the F5 is significantly taller than the existing fairway drivers, which all have a height of 1.5cm. This disc is very domey." So all of that confuses the hell out of me, and makes me wonder if I got some sort of weird one off run from Prodigy that is NOT the norm for the F5? Or is it possible to get other flat top thin F5's? Here's a picture of what a "normal" F5 looks like. And it is SUPER domey looking compared to mine. So is this what a "normal" F5 looks like. Tall and super domey?
And the second thing about it, is it's flight. It says it's supposed to be a 7/5-1.8/1 flying disc. Which you would think that would mean, if thrown flat or on a slight hyzer, that it would go straight for a bit, then just keep leaking out right on a nice soft anhyzer type line. But mine is not like that. It's more like a 7/5/-.5/2 or something like that. It has a slight turn or leak right, but then comes back for sure to the left near the end with a fairly noticeable fade. Not a hard dump or anything like a really O/S disc, but it ALWAYS comes back left to fade.
Whereas my Goldline Maul that has very similar flight #'s ALWAYS turns right and keeps going that way if thrown flat or even on a slight hyzer. So I'm very confused about why my specific F5 flies much more stable than the #'s indicate. And just wondering what the avg or normal F5 flies like?
So I like the fact that it's a thinner disc overall and a fairly flat top. It is KILLER for S shape FH's and is one of my most reliable and overall straight flying FW discs I rely on for tight tunnel shots. But the odd fade it has right at the end messes with my throws and mind. Because I'm never sure HOW much it's going to fade at the end. Sometimes it fades a lot, other times a little. It's NEVER the same and I hate that part of it. The first 3/4 of it's flight is so nice. Straight or a slow leak out right. PERFECT for tight wooded courses or when you need to pipe a shot. But the inconsistent fade at the end is acceptable and makes shots so hard to determine what the outcome is going to be.
So just wondering what the domy-ier versions of the F5 fly like? And does anyone else have any of these flatter top, thinner F5's, and how do they work for you. Would a domy-ier F5 be longer and glidier or about the same distance? More control, less control? Straighter or more turn? Less fade at the end or about the same?
So what I'd really like to find is an F5 that is more like it's #'s. So that I could throw it on a hyzer flip, and it just pushes forward straight the whole way with either a tiny fade left, or a tiny leak to the right at the end. And is long. Or if thrown flat, would ride a soft barely turning right anhyzer type flight path the whole way.
And then also, what do the different plastics do for the flight of the F5? 400, 400G, 500, and 750.
Thanks