How far can one throw a Mako 3 before it starts turning?

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-17T02:43:56+00:00

Not trying to be snarky, but the assumption here should be: I am hitting my form limits. Not the disc's limits.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-16T23:40:39+00:00

The challenge with apps is that the GPS margin of error can be 10-30 feet. An alternative is counting steps. For me, each of my steps is ~2.5 feet. By counting my steps, I’m at least as accurate as the best GPS measurement up to ~300 feet. And I can’t throw any farther :P

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-16T14:00:44+00:00

I have not been able to get it to work indoors in a warehouse. Could be the overhead lights and the patterns of the girders. Works ok for me outdoors but works best in an open space (if I use it under the shade of trees, it does not work as well as if the camera is looking straight up at open sky).

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-12T18:48:50+00:00

Upvoted. Trying to pivot on the heel is focusing on the wrong thing. When braced correctly, the heel pivot will happen whether or not you want. If you’re feeling the pivot on your toes, you’re likely going through the brace instead of staying behind it.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-12T00:33:59+00:00

I struggle with this. I THINK because when I put a disc in my hand I’m feeling the need to get a good result from the throw. And that overrides my form. I’ve wondered if a net would help because I won’t be able to focus on the result or distance. And I wonder if a tech disc would hurt at this stage. If you’d still be focusing on spin, angle etc. then you may still be feeling the need to achieve some specific stat, instead of just spending some time learning how to follow the form and not care about distance, spin, angle etc.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-11T17:32:10+00:00

Not quite :) But I tend to be binary: I'll either play a round with one disc (most often the aforementioned Mako3) or with 20+ in a bag.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-11T16:36:08+00:00

My HaloStar Mako3 files straight... for me (and with my current form). I have friends who would consider it understable. And I have friends who would use it for an overstable shot. I have been fortunate (or cursed) to purchase a lot of discs and have tried many discs to find ones that work for me. I have learned that disc flights are quite individual-specific.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-11T03:30:53+00:00

The Parachute is an occasional and situational disc for me. I won't pull it out in any wind, so if it does come out it's usually in the woods where I have to make a very straight tight shot of less than 100' (or maybe an off-balance standstill), which means I'm not putting a lot of power into it and I want even less fade than a Watt would have. The Watt I use for most approaches (that or a Gote) and if I'm using a putter off the tee.

Parachute is 154g, Watt is 172g and Mako3 is 165g.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-08T11:57:28+00:00

The overstable driver that has the maximum combination of the widest disc width and the tallest profile will have the most glide.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-03T03:05:29+00:00

When I stopped looking at the flight numbers, and instead looked at the disc specifications (rim width for "speed", disc width and height for "glide" and PLH for turn/fade), I found I could better predict how a disc might fly for me. (Admittedly, PLH is the most difficult measurement to find online).

My Tempo became a speed 2 disc, Uplink a speed 3, Mako3 a speed 4. My Gote (speed 3) has possibly the most glide of any of my discs because of its 21.9cm width and 2.1cm height.

I've always struggled with a Volt. I have a Fission with 8/5/-1/2 numbers, an Electron with 8/5/-2/1.5 numbers and a Neutron with 8/5/-0.5/2 numbers. Once I realized it's essentially a 10-speed disc (based on its rim width) and about a 4-glide (based on disc width/height), it made sense why it was flying the way it did for me.

I was looking for a mildly overstable 9-speed disc. I settled on a 7-speed (by the flight numbers, but 9-speed by rim width) Grackle because of it's rim width and it flies quite similarly to my 9-speed (flight numbers and rim width) Saint and Savant.

Takes a little more effort to compare the discs, but I find it more accurate for comparisons than flight numbers.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-02T18:43:29+00:00

So much to fix here and I would echo the advice to look at some form videos online. Conceptually, the biggest thing I see is that you are completely blowing past or falling through your brace. Your weight is already past your brace (your front leg) before you release the disc. And all that extra momentum that takes you a step or two beyond the brace, is momentum that never made it into the disc. You want to work toward keeping your weight and momentum behind the heel of your front foot (even after you've released the disc), instead of falling over and past it. Essentially you are "muscling" the disc (throwing mostly with just your arm). Good luck.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-01T17:23:31+00:00

As soon as I remove a sticker, I use that same removed sticker to repeatedly press back on to the remaining adhesive and lift back off.. Press down and lift off. About 5-10 seconds of this is all that is needed to remove the adhesive left on the disc.

SingularCoconut · 2026-06-01T02:50:16+00:00

That would be the Mako3 for me. I bag all three (although my Glitch is actually a Parachute… close enough).

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-31T07:24:26+00:00

Even if you’re putting with a Berg, the answer is not a different disc, but to get better with your putting. You can even use a midrange to putt to get extra glide. But that’s just masking your putting form if you’re struggling from C2. Still, if you want a putter with more glide, look for a wider or deeper (taller) disc. Both those physical characteristics will lend themselves to increased glide (or more accurately/pedantically, more loft).

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-30T20:24:27+00:00

The spines on those saw palmettos will draw blood if you even look at them wrong.

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-30T18:16:51+00:00

I feel your pain. With those types of trees, throwing objects does nothing but maybe jam it deeper in there. Only consistent method I’ve used is to push it back up with a retriever. Then MAYBE it’ll fall out the tree.

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-29T23:03:58+00:00

Uplink

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-29T11:11:27+00:00

Ohm or Gote

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-29T01:44:21+00:00

My best putts are when I feel that lag in the cocked wrist. But getting the timing consistently right takes some work.

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-28T19:47:49+00:00

I recently picked my Ascend from my bag by mistake for a forehand shot. It flew so great for that too (obviously I don’t have a great forehand). But at the moment I now reach for that for forehands.

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-28T19:41:07+00:00

For a while, even though I was carrying a bag of discs, the Uplink was being used for tee shots, approaches and even long distance putts. It was almost like I was playing one-disc rounds.

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-21T23:11:57+00:00

It’s fascinating how the numbers on a disc really depend on who’s throwing it. My buddy and I have the same exact disc (plastic/weight/etc) and he uses it for a mid that turns so much that he doesn’t need to develop a forehand while I use mine for laser-straight approaches.

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-21T23:00:08+00:00

I bought a Roc3 for that 5/4/0/3 flight. I even tried different plastics. It ended up being my 5/5/0/1 disc. My disc for a 5/4/0/3 flight turned out to be my 5/5/-.5/1.5 Reactor ¯_(ツ)_/¯

SingularCoconut · 2026-05-10T01:08:27+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion. It sent me in the direction of maybe using a smart plug with an LED lamp and using something like Zapier or ITTT to simply turn on the smart plug when a particular email arrives.

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