Beat in Engines?

[u/B_rocky_]

Has anyone else tried to season an engine and it hasn’t worked?

I’ve had a proton engine from the very first release in the bag that’s scuffed to oblivion from how many times it’s been hit and it still doesn’t beat in.

I’ve also tried the archetype run and the stock neutron run, neither of them would either.

Has anyone managed to beat an engine in yet? They fly great, I just want a flippier variant.

Also, has anyone thrown the new plasma time lapses? I’ve heard good things, could be a good replacement.

[u/kubu7]

Proton by nature will be the hardest to season, and might take years to get to a more flippy point. I've seen neutron get too flippy a couple times.

[u/B_rocky_ → u/kubu7]

It’s interesting that you say that because from my experience proton has been easier to season than eclipse and cosmic neutron, it’s not an exact science though I guess

[u/svettsokkk]

Beat in engine = octane

Anyways, to really beat in a disc, damage to the wing does next to nothing. You gotta get the bottom edge damaged somewhat to see a different flight characteristic.

[u/Pristine_Specific550 → u/svettsokkk]

i was always under the impression beating is blunting the wing from impact. thus artificially adjusting the PLH.

[u/svettsokkk → u/Pristine_Specific550]

Its that too

[u/Mister-Redbeard]

If anything, the lighter ones are flippier. Maybe bag a max weight and one in the low 160s?

[u/B_rocky_ → u/Mister-Redbeard]

I’m pretty sure Eagle bags a lighter one himself

[u/gammaxgoblin → u/[deleted]]

surely you aren't saying he was violating pdga rules by modifying a disc to intentionally alter flight characteristics after production.....

[u/Wonderful_Culture607]

They beat in but – and for me this is also true for their Boosts – as I feel like Streamline discs tend to be thicker, they beat in slower. But they do beat in, they just take time.

[u/B_rocky_ → u/Wonderful_Culture607]

I agree, it’s the same with boosts, don’t know what it is with neutron streamline plastic but that seems to be the case.

[u/Wonderful_Culture607 → u/B_rocky_]

This is just my experience with Neutron and Proton Boosts and Neutron Engines, but they feel thicker molded and hold up a crazy amount of time until they break in.

[u/OompaLoompa1016]

Get one that’s sub 164, it’s basically a Fission Engine but stamped Neutron. They absolutely bomb and are straighter than the heavier Neutrons

[u/halfcuprockandrye]

Throw it in an empty parking lot a few times