Quarter K

[Bruce Brakel]

Most DX plastic can be dyed some.  Blue will get you blue and red will get you pink.  

[Chainmeister]

I thought it was hype until I tried it. I threw the 1/4 k at the Indiana State Championships. I only used it on a few wide open holes ad it went a mile--much further than anything else I have thrown. It is supposedly very overstable but I threw it pretty straight with a little fade at the end. I Couldn't throw at all in the woods- hitting every tree at Lemon Lake Ysome multiple times)but sure loved the few open holes with this thing.

[Bruce Brakel]

I was out throwing power forehand pro master Mark Ellis today, sometimes, my 165 QKs against his $50 FX Firebirds.  I had three throws that were 400+ feet if the scorecard distances were correct.  At the end of the day he bought four for the price of one FX Firebird.  

What weight are you throwing?  Jon and I think the 165s are sweet but now I want to try the 170s.  

[SERG]

I'm throwing a 172 right now which is going about 40 feet shy of my 172 Champ Beast. I'll be throwing a little lighter pretty soon.

Haven't been afraid of throwing in the woods and it shows. Disc is flying a little straighter after hitting a few trees.

[time808]

I just ordered two discs from sunking

1 Discwing Quarter K 172g
1 Innova Pro Line KC Aviar 180g

Does anybody use these? I've heard good things about them. The only putter that I have is the standard that came with an innova starter pack so I'm hoping this aviar will be a bit better. I've also heard the Discwing shouldn't be used in wooded areas cause if it hits a tree once its garbage.

[mirth]

Merged time808's post into this thread as they're both generall about the QK.


On a personal note, I haven't thrown my QK in the woods. I can see where folks would say it breaks in quickly however.

[Jon Brakel]

The QK is very similar to using pre 1990's plastic. It has a great feel, but it scuffs fairly easy.  

[Chainmeister]

Scuffs easily might be a bit of an understatement.  Mine, which has only seen grass has some scuffing but is structurally intact.  I will never throw it anywhere near a tree.  A guy in my group Saturday hit one tree and had bubbles on his.  Feels good, flies far, not sturday.  Its sort of like a sports car.  You don't drive it on a regular basis.  If the conditions are right you take it out of the garage.  Hard plastic for any long drives where there may be some obstruction, QK for open fields.

[Bruce Brakel]

I have sold a lot of the Pro Line Aviars so people must be throwing them.  I don't get it though.  This year's pro line aviar is made of the same stiff feeling plastic as the DX aviar that is $4 cheaper.  Last years pro line aviar was made of a plastic similar to a pro line starfire or pro line orc.

Innova is being frustrating this way.  They have four distinctively different plastic types they are calling pro line this year.  Pro line is not a plastic type at all but a pricing plan.

You should throw one QK some in the woods until it is beat in a little.  Downwind a beat in QK is the shizzle!  

[Jon Brakel]

I've hit the paved the cart path at Edgebrook once. I threw QKs on every hole at Streamwood that is over 300 feet, so I guess I didn't throw it on any wooded holes. I'm not sure why I'd want to throw it on those holes. I'll throw something a bit more accurate on those holes. Kelsey threw my QK a couple of times. The first time she hit another disc in mid-air at a 90 degree angle that causes some minor damage consistent with D plastic hitting a tree. That was so cool to see though that I didn't care. Her second throw she drilled into a tree and the QK sustained a very minor cosmetic cut. I then proceeded to throw her 150 Flick into a tree and put a worse cut in that and that is Z plastic (it wasn't on purpose or revenge or anything...it just happened that way). And anyone who thinks that I was throwing harder that Kelsey hasn't seen one or the other of us throw. Kelsey parked number 3 at Streamwood yesterday.

The QK is going to wear faster than Z plastic for sure. How quickly I guess depends on what you hit with it. Usually I'm not aiming for trees when I play and I didn't hit any with the QK at Streamwood on Saturday.

[Jon Brakel]

You should throw one QK some in the woods until it is beat in a little.  Downwind a beat in QK is the shizzle!

I was finding that I was getting good distance into the wind with the new QK. I'll have to try the one that Kelsey has seasoned for me with a down wind.