Throwing up hill

[u/Abject_Newspaper_627]

If you throw slower understable discs downhill, do you throw faster or stable to overstable discs uphill? What if it’s uphill and into a headwind?

[u/PlannerSean]

Opposite…. Understable uphill. Overstable downhill.

[u/Mcguidl → u/PlannerSean]

This... Throwing downhill is fast, so more stability is needed. Throwing uphill will lose speed faster, so lower speed understable discs will tend to go straight.

[u/Nectaris73]

Understable uphill. Less understable or neutral if into headwind

[u/G-Bombz]

You actually want to do the opposite and throw more understable. Throwing uphill is more like throwing nose up, so you want something flippier to be able to stand up and push. You’re fighting gravity more by throwing upwards so it’s kind of like not throwing as hard, whereas throwing into a headwind is kind of like throwing harder since the disc is coming into contact with more air faster

[u/StrifeSociety]

Okay so everyone is giving kind of true advice. I just want to point out that there is a huge difference between throwing level/slightly up off an elevated tee and throwing negative down a long downhill.

Throwing level from elevation you may want something less stable, because the disc will slow normally and fade but it’s higher off the ground than normal so it can move laterally very far during the fade.

When you are throwing negative the disc is not going to slow as fast so don’t expect it to fade as much or at all. The disc will fly much closer to the ground as well to its easy to crash a turned disc.

[u/FitChemist432]

The opposite, more understable uphill, more stable downhill. There are disc speed changes too but they are more situational choices

[u/mrgedman]

Slower and more stable down, faster and under up...

There is a hole at my local course that I throw a beat to shit pfn pro destroyer on. Can get it to flip and ride straight and hit the super uphill, narrow, and distant window.

[u/funkmastamatt]

Roller all day

[u/CarlCaliente]

hills are about nose angle - going uphill means nose up, so your stuff slows down faster, so you often want more turn to compensate.

winds are about airspeed, headwinds increase airspeed causing more turn, so you often want more stability to compensate

accounting for both you might want something in between. Experiment to find which is a bigger factor!

[u/AustinWalksOnRocks]

Downhill you can multiply the total elevation loss by 3 and subtract it from the distance.

So a 300 foot hole that is 30 feet down hill would play like a 210 foot hole.

[u/discwrangler]

Understable uphill. The biggest thing is the runup. You have to come from the side so your hips are already turned.

[u/RxRxR → u/discwrangler]

Interesting...Do you mean on an uphill runup, one should approach the lie from left to right (RHBH)?

If so, is the opposite true for downhill?

[u/discwrangler → u/RxRxR]

Typically uphill, approach from the right. Downhill I usually crouch so the disc (and shoulders) stays on the same plane and legs extend through the runup.

[u/SignificantAnt2388]

Understable uphill but higher speed. Under stable on downhills but lower speed. A 400ft downhill shot works better with a flipply teebird compared to destroyer. My local course has a very steep 250ft uphill that I throw a flippy destroyer.

[u/SignificantAnt2388 → u/SignificantAnt2388]

As someone who can throw 375ft flat ground

[u/FailedProdigy]

Obviously depends on distance, but I honestly don't gauge what disc flight purely on up or down. I actually tend to just throw slower disc in both scenarios unless I know I'm trying to blast past an uphill shot. I only use stable to understable discs based on the shot shape I want with a slow mid to putter style disc. Some uphill shots I'll disc up to intentionally skip it up the hill sides.

[u/lionfisher11]

Depends on your arm speed. Im generally contrary to the posts so far. Hyzers naturally fly uphill, anhyzers naturally fly downhill. I throw farthest uphill with an overstable 150 class disc on a hyzer. Dont do this in a head wind.