Day 7. January 7. Salamanders at 7.

Huh. Not planned, but cool.

Let's talk about the Salamanders

This 1st run was available in 4 plastics: Sublime, Apex, Nocturnal Glow and now Eternal Flex. All 4 are showing some noticeable differences in flight, but nothing that is unexpected. All good flights still.

Today I measured each plastic(and each weight range) with our trusty tabletop calipers. We measure two things: the Parting Line Height(PLH) & the Dome.

You can learn more about this disc measuring process here.

Truthfully? It's likely not the best way to measure all of this. My eyesight has to be spot on. I am not a scientist or mathematician. A lot of this also relies on you believing that our Flight Numbers are correct.

Here's what we measured: (WORKING ON FIXING)

That is every plastic by weight range. We did not go in deep on colors this time. 

I used the calipers to measure PLH and Dome. We then compare how those change compared to the "expected flight numbers". Those expected flight numbers are our baseline whether they are subjective marketing or not.

To be very clear, this disc data also represents what I literally "grabbed off the shelf". We did not go find the max/min within each plastic. We found the average disc on the average shelf and sent it.

So let's break it down.

The Dome measures the Glide.

The PLH measures the Turn + Fade(Resistance) as it impacts both.

We do this to help magnify the impact of a lower nose on the overall resistance(turn + fade) offered by the disc. 

This chart visually helps me now confirm the things that are easy to feel and see in person:

• Sublime Plastic has more dome to it. So it's going to have a higher glide.
• Eternal Plastic has a higher nose so it's going to resist you more.
• Eternal Plastic has the least glide of all, meaning it can provide more range control.
• Apex Plastic is all over the place in glide. That's what happens when you have 3 big weight ranges. What this chart doesn't represent well is that Apex Plastic at 150g will be the least resistant of all plastics here.

What do you see?

What can we capture better?

Do you agree with these numbers?

Tell us.

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