I was wondering if anyone could post the relationship between the specs. and how it affects the flight of the disc? You know the physics vs. the specs.

I was wondering if anyone could post the relationship between the specs. and how it affects the flight of the disc? You know the physics vs. the specs.



I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, and I don't have the time or knowledge to get into a hard core physics discussion. I can tell you that the specs have two purposes that I can think of. One is to somewhat define what the tools of our sport should be in general. The other purpose of the specs is to keep disc golf a fun and competetive game of skill rather than brute strength. The restrictions in dimension and weight are supposed to keep people from using power to overcome things like weather conditions. You can imagine that some players could really benefit from throwing a 220g disc on a really windy day. A disc like that would really dampen off-axis torque as well, so if it were allowed we would see less "skill" and "touch" shots and more powering of heavy discs. Hope this helps.

I was actually loooking for the explanation of how rim configuration works with rim thickness and depth.

The idea for the rule for rim configuration is to prevent a really long nose on the tip of the wing.
and X-clone would be a close example!

the nose radius is allowed to be 1/8th" (I think)
which means they do not want a 1/8th" thick nose that is 1" long. It can be 1/8th" as long as it gradually gets bigger, usually on the top above the parting line!


does this make sense?

ask any specific question and I will try my best to answer!

It is actually 1/16".

I can send you a picture if you pm� me your mailadress.