Rocs and windy approaches...WINDY!!!

[toothyfish]

Yeah man. I totally float the rocs in high winds. They just hang in the air, but the 40mph+ winds are just too much for a roc it seems. I have a star roc as well, and even that didn't work. The whippet works well, but just too fast for the situations at this course (not a big arm course. most pins are reachable from the drive.)

40mph+ turned the rocs ...well let's just say it looked like i was throwing plastics plates through the air.

In such extreme circumstances, you'll have to experiment. But the point of using a fast and overstable disc is that it won't glide. You want something that you are trying to slide under the basket, just short of a cast iron pan. Not spinning and gliding it in like a finesse approach, but throwing the weight of the disc: plop!

I've used a Whippet on 60 ft approaches because at such slow speed the wind won't get under it. Aim right and allow for a skip/crash landing.

Whippet, Banshee, Firebird, Predator, and such...what do you already have in your bag for an overstable fairway? If you have a Drone or Gator, use that.

 

[okiebullgod]

I'd throw a firechicken

 

[TxDiscGolfBoy]

In such extreme circumstances, you'll have to experiment. But the point of using a fast and overstable disc is that it won't glide. You want something that you are trying to slide under the basket, just short of a cast iron pan. Not spinning and gliding it in like a finesse approach, but throwing the weight of the disc: plop!

I've used a Whippet on 60 ft approaches because at such slow speed the wind won't get under it. Aim right and allow for a skip/crash landing.

Whippet, Banshee, Firebird, Predator, and such...what do you already have in your bag for an overstable fairway? If you have a Drone or Gator, use that.

Good advice...thx.

That's the mindset I've been in lately and it's been working out great. Have the champ whippet x and now have a brand new firbird max weight that's killin. My heavy putters (rhynos mo floppy) seem to be doing the trick as well by the why (throwing them with a hyzer...not spike but not low either...

 

[smyith]

when the wind gets up to 40+ i dont even bother thrown my mids. just use a headwind driver (teerex). I have multiple shots at all ranges with my teerex. it even holds a great anhyzer line. even on approachs ill use a driver. ive thought about picking up a gator/drone but the few times ive thrown them i havnt really felt that their anything special. i like using my rhyno over those two.