Just curious about this one cause I always hear people saying they like discs with domes and then some say they don't. I'm going to guess from expirence that a dome causes more glide and make the disc less overstable. Of course I don't know enough about aerodynamics to know the exact effects.

So what would be the difference from say take a flat top z-buzzz and a z-buzzz with a huge dome on it exact same weights and plastics.

Flat discs are harder to flip over but if you do they won't come back that much. Domey ones flip easier but also fade more at the end of the flight. Domey ones glide more too.

The ones with dome , seem to hold more air underneath the rim. Flat discs seem to be more of a projectile.

The ones with dome , seem to hold more air underneath the rim. Flat discs seem to be more of a projectile.



The flick and the venom being the perfect examples of projectile discs.

Wheras the comet is a great example of a domey, floaty disc.

Here's a better question. How does a dome affect flight?

I have noticed that on drivers or discs with sharp edges a dome makes the disc more stable. See 1st Run Orcs, new Crushes, Beasts, older Champion Firebirds.

However on Midranges, domes make the discs less stable. Rocs, Buzzz's and Wasp's are set aside if they have domes by rampant shoppers at fly marts. I know that I found a perfectly flat Z-Buzzz and was $2 short, so I hunted down all my friends for the money.

Why domes affect the flight of the disc diffferently depending on what type of disc it is, is beyond my comprehension. I just know what I observe.

You can take any disc and bend it a few times to make it more domey (and thus less stable). The opposite is also true (bend the other way to flatten).

Ok, but how do you explain that domey molds of a driver are more stable then flat molds of the same driver?

Domey Beasts vs Flat Beasts?
Domey Crushes vs Flat Crushes?

You can take any disc and bend it a few times to make it more domey (and thus less stable). The opposite is also true (bend the other way to flatten).


When you bend it like that, you aren't changing the dome, you are changing the angle of the wing. That is what affects the stability. Being domey or flat has nothing to do with it, it just affects the amount of glide, or carry that the disc has.

What, no snarky replies on the usage error? This message board has gone so far downhill... :D

You can take any disc and bend it a few times to make it more domey (and thus less stable). The opposite is also true (bend the other way to flatten).


When you bend it like that, you aren't changing the dome, you are changing the angle of the wing. That is what affects the stability. Being domey or flat has nothing to do with it, it just affects the amount of glide, or carry that the disc has.



Also Flat discs are harder to flip over but if you do they won't come back that much. Domey ones flip easier but also fade more at the end of the flight. Domey ones glide more too.

Flat ones are more stable at high speeds but the domey ones are more overstable at low speeds.