Discraft "Flick"

McCabe · Post by **McCabe** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:51 pm

cottenokie wrote:Don't throw it into a 30-40 mph head wind it will flip and roll.. At least that is what happened to mine down at Ponca Lake yeaterday. Other than that it is real fast. Just not high head wind friendly. imho

is your Flick a 150g?

nastyNate · Post by **nastyNate** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:00 pm

My 174 has been in my bag since they came out and is still mean as hell. Perfect for any kind of headwind. I tried the lighter ones out. The 150 is one flyin fool, but is flippy in headwind. But I can't say I ever rolled it. Well maybe on a hyzer route!

cottenokie · Post by **cottenokie** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:28 pm

McCabe wrote:
cottenokie wrote:Don't throw it into a 30-40 mph head wind it will flip and roll.. At least that is what happened to mine down at Ponca Lake yeaterday. Other than that it is real fast. Just not high head wind friendly. imho
is your Flick a 150g?

No it is yellow and weighs 170

McCabe · Post by **McCabe** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:17 pm

and its flippy? are you on crack when you throw it?

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:24 pm

McCabe wrote:and its flippy? are you on crack when you throw it?

Probably not, but he may have "Plumbers Crack"

Uncle Larry · Post by **Uncle Larry** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:53 pm

I had a 172 that flew like a orc, but didn't flip over on me

cottenokie · Post by **cottenokie** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:14 pm

McCabe wrote:and its flippy? are you on crack when you throw it?

No I even had a little bit of hyzer on it. I don't know what happened. When I first seen it turn over I looked down at my bag to see if I had thrown the flash that I have. But it was still in the bag, the flash that is.

I like the flick I guess I will just have to throw it more to figure it out. In my case that is.

cottenokie · Post by **cottenokie** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:17 pm

Probably not, but he may have "Plumbers Crack"

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discgolfer_1999 · Post by **discgolfer_1999** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:43 pm

I got to play with my dodge city special z flick yesterday and man it is a crusher also. Overstable with a hell of a glide. Nice disc...

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:08 am

I threw past 13's old placement with a 150 class Flick with a roll shot.

The heavy ones are really overstable. Glide is the opposite of overstable, is it not? Are you referring to the first half of the flight or the second?

This is something I've been thinking about lately. For good distance there are plenty of discs to use, but 2 that come to mind are the Flash and the Valkyrie. Both are stable or understable at first, but finish with a strong left turn at the end. Is this because it has flown for so far that it has used up its spin? It seems that you would get better distance from the opposite type of disc... one with more glide or more understable towards the later part of its flight. I threw some understable discs and noticed my DX Leopard didn't flip right away, but would keep gliding and turning gently right through it's entire flight. What other discs exhibit these qualities? Do these discs actually have a distance advantage over discs such as the Valk and the Flash? Do I need to start another thread? Does the flick indeed glide?????

discgolfer_1999 · Post by **discgolfer_1999** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:15 am

I think the flick comes out of your hand really fast and when it towards the second half of its flight, it is a really smooth flight and to be glided left nicely. It was not a sharp knife hook to the left, it just took its time turning left.

_dm4 · Post by **_dm4** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:35 am

Mike, the key to the distance discs (like you said, "Flash", and "Valk"), is their speed! "Leopard" like you mentioned is slow in comparison. To me the Valk is slower than the Flash, but the Orc is close (I like the Flash better because it stays straighter at the end). So when you throw the Flick into a strong head wind, you are simulating speed, and thus get a straighter flight, right?

(let me know what you think on this theory).

superq · Post by **superq** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:13 am

_dm4 wrote:Mike, the key to the distance discs (like you said, "Flash", and "Valk"), is their speed! "Leopard" like you mentioned is slow in comparison. To me the Valk is slower than the Flash, but the Orc is close (I like the Flash better because it stays straighter at the end). So when you throw the Flick into a strong head wind, you are simulating speed, and thus get a straighter flight, right? (let me know what you think on this theory).

The theory is dependant on the angle of the leading edge of the golf disc. If the leading edge is flat or slightly upwards then the rhbh throw wich puts clockwise spin on the disc will be sped up slightly by the wind causing the disc to rotate faster and gain more lift.

If the leading edge is slightly downward exposing more of the top to wind the rotation will be slowed slightly and cause the disc to fall to the ground quicker.

The same phenomonon is attributed to the so called "rising fastball" in baseball

where the wind effect on the stitching of the ball actualy causes the ball to decend at a slower rate than the eye expects it to.

the jest of all this is that since the flick is a shorter profile disc the negative wind effects are a little less noticable and basicly the flick is just one bad mamma jamma.

_dm4 · Post by **_dm4** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:38 am

Thanks for the lesson in "Disc Aerodynamics"!!!

superq · Post by **superq** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:55 am

anytime Don.