2018-11-01




                            Nose-Down



In the morning, I have been to the field to throw some shots.  My
only  focus  was getting the nose down. I realized, that I do not
tilt my wrist down as much as I could.  I  wanted  to  experiment
with that today.

One hour, ten drivers, four rounds.

The first two rounds were for warmup. Then  two  rounds  where  I
meassured my throws.

Tilting my wrist more, definitely had an effect, but  I  have  to
work more on it.

Round three without wind: Two beautiful flights with the  DX  Leo
and the new Champion Roadrunner both reaching 90m! Star Eagle and
Star Valkyrie at 85m. BigZ Sting and DX Teebird at 82m.  Champion
Teebird  and Echostar Teebird at 80m. DX Eagle and Lucid Felon at
75m.

Round four with a bit of a headwind:  Star  Eagle  at  over  90m!
Sting  at  82m.  Champion  Teebird and DX Eagle at 80m. Felon and
Valkyrie at 75m. Echostar Teebird at 70m. Leo, DX Teebird and the
Roadrunner  all  had turned and travelled so much right that they
hit trees and dropped at about 75m.

Interesting how much that bit of a headwind changed the  results.
It  moved  the  S  EG  from 85m left to over 90m straight. And it
moved the RR from 90m straight to turn and burn right.

That new Roadrunner actually is a disc I hardly am able  to  flip
over on flat releases, but with that bit of a headwind it flipped
and crashed. This is something a Teebird doesn't suffer from;  it
will  be  highspeed stable. That's the problem I have with under-
stable discs: They sure are fun to throw on the field, but I can-
not  depend  on  them  that  much  on the course. Small errors of
release angles or wind  reading  lead  to  large  differences  in
flight.  A  Teebird,  in  contrast,  does almost the same all the
time.

Still, I think I should have an understable disc,  like  that  DX
Leo,  in my bag for right travelling shots. Furthermore, I notice
that that Sting giving me ``easy distance'' (85m on both throws).
And  last:  That Star Eagle keeps me clueless.  What should I use
that disc for?

In summary: The nose-down work today was worthwhile. I'm increas-
ing my distance.




http://marmaro.de/discgolf/   markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>