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Doomsday Discs Solar Death Ray flight numbers
The Doomsday Discs Solar Death Ray is a stable fairway driver in our disc database, with manufacturer flight numbers 8 / 5 / -1 / 1.
Manufacturer ratings supplied by Try Discs. Plastic, weight, run and wear can change flight. DiscField has not yet checked this model against Doomsday Discs’s own pages; confirm the numbers on Doomsday Discs’s website. How to read flight numbers
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What the Solar Death Ray flight numbers suggest
Speed 8 is a fairway driver rating. A moderate arm speed reaches the rated flight; thrown too slowly, it fades earlier than the numbers suggest.
Turn -1 and fade 1 describe a stable flight: a fairly straight line with a modest finish, the easiest shape to aim. The -1 turn means it is rated to drift a little early in the flight when thrown at full speed, and the fade of 1 means a light finish as it slows down. Those directions are for a right-handed backhand; a forehand or a left-handed backhand mirrors them.
Glide 5 is typical for a fairway driver in our database. Glide is the rating that changes least between similar discs; plastic and weight matter more for how long it stays up. The rim is 1.9 cm wide (about 0.75 in), a typical width for a fairway driver.
SEE THE SHAPE
Solar Death Ray flight path
Illustrative top view of the published ratings, not a measured flight. How the curve is drawn
Discs with flight numbers like the Solar Death Ray
Current fairway drivers within one point of the Solar Death Ray in speed, turn and fade, ranked by how close the four ratings are.
| Disc | Speed / glide / turn / fade | Compared with the Solar Death Ray |
|---|---|---|
| Discraft Passion | 8 / 5 / -1 / 1 | same ratings |
| X-UFO Star Ship | 8 / 5 / -1 / 1 | same ratings |
| Innova TL3 DiscField guide | 8 / 4 / -1 / 1 | -1 glide |
| Discmania Premier Essence | 8 / 7 / -1 / 1 | +2 glide |
| Dynamic Discs Breakout DiscField guide | 8 / 5 / -1 / 1.5 | +0.5 fade |
How the Solar Death Ray compares with DiscField guide discs
DiscField has written full guides for these fairway drivers, with plastics, weights and buying advice checked on the maker’s site. They are the guide discs with ratings closest to the Solar Death Ray.
| Disc guide | Speed / glide / turn / fade | Compared with the Solar Death Ray | Side by side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innova TL3 | 8 / 4 / -1 / 1 | -1 glide | Compare |
| Dynamic Discs Breakout | 8 / 5 / -1 / 1.5 | +0.5 fade | Compare |
| Innova Hawkeye | 7 / 5 / -1 / 1 | -1 speed | Compare |
Other Doomsday Discs fairway drivers
| Disc | Speed / glide / turn / fade |
|---|---|
| Bunker Buster | 7 / 4 / 0 / 2 |
| Chemtrail | 7 / 6 / -2 / 1 |
| Ice Age | 7 / 4 / 0 / 3 |
| Blackout | 8 / 5 / -2 / 1 |
| Psyop | 9 / 4 / -2 / 1 |