Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

by FlipFloopDevon 12/20/2023, 9:51 AMwith 25 comments

by sailfaston 12/21/2023, 12:34 AM

I love disc golf. My interests have truly intersected on this post.

In addition to clinics and practice ranges, this would be useful for folks that throw a lot in the field if it’s made a bit smaller and at a lower price point. I often throw 50-70 discs at a time and they’re annoying to pick up :)

by aidenn0on 12/21/2023, 3:44 AM

Author's about page says they don't know the English name for Escalopes de veau à la milanaise. It is commonly known as just "Veal Milanese" or occasionally "Veal alla Milanese" in English.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veal_milanese

by sixQuarkson 12/20/2023, 11:29 PM

Here's a disc golf app idea:

Film yourself in slow motion from front and back angles throwing a disc, upload the video to the app.

App then overlays you with different pros so you can see what you're doing right and wrong. You can compare angles of arms, torso, etc.

I would pay for an app like this.

by glassson 12/20/2023, 11:16 PM

This problem was partially involved in the 2013 season of the FIRST Robotics Competition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Ascent

by tipiiraion 12/21/2023, 4:51 AM

Disc golf is so much fun! I'm in Finland and the ground is full of snow, and I'm still going to skip the work today and go to the forest throwing.

by tantaloron 12/21/2023, 12:12 AM

> the gear broke ... bad quality wood ... material was MDF

Try something better?

> It's vital to use good plywood for the gears. Ordinary spruce or fir plywood has layers that are too coarse, and the wood is not strong enough. But the Baltic birch plywood, with thin birch layers throughout, makes for an excellent material

https://woodgears.ca/gear/howto.html

by pavel_lishinon 12/21/2023, 12:33 AM

Unrelated to the topic, but I love the little bubble effect when I click on the page.

by jwsteigerwalton 12/21/2023, 1:37 PM

He’s a hell of an engineer.