I don’t love piggybacking other content creators’ stuff.
But a video IceBerg TV posted late last week needs more eyeballs.
Behold, the “UFO Superdome” Star Destroyer …
Or, “Stupidome” Star Destroyer, if you prefer:
Insanity.
It’s a short video, so I’d encourage you to watch it. If you’d rather not, as the thumbnail suggests, this thing is a straight cheat code. For the vast majority of amateur arms, the Star Destroyer is much too overstable to be the farthest-flying, S-turn distance driver in their disc golf bags.
Still want to bag a Star Destroyer?
Grab one collecting dust in your closet …
Make it happen.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- A Star Destroyer – duh.
- A stainless steel dog bowl.
- A large pot of boiling water.
That’s it.
To bring about this otherworldly level of dome, fill three-quarters of the stainless steel dog bowl with boiling water. If you brought the water to a boil in the dog bowl, remove it from the heat.
Next, upside-down, place your Star Destroyer on top of the bowl. As the water cools, the condensing steam creates a vacuum that pulls the flight plate severely downwards and holds it in place. If you’ve ever canned preserves, it’s the same concept – only with a goofy-looking golf disc, instead of fruit. Pressure can cause water to spill, but the mega-dome won’t be affected.
You might have water to wipe-up, though.
* Note: Props to an IceBerg TV subscriber for this methodology – his is the pinned comment.
For as cool as the UFO Superdome Star Destroyer flies, it’s not for me. It’s easier (and less messy) to simply buy a Star Katana to achieve the same flight. Yes, the pop-top on the thing is unreal, and it’s a great conversation piece, but it’s hardly PDGA legal – do keep that in mind.
And while 99% of man-manipulated discs go unnoticed, NOT this thing …
It demands attention.
Regardless, if you’re bored …
Go for it.
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Iceberg’s entire Weird Wednesday series is good!!
Love it!
Not my favorite YouTube channel for disc golf, but it’s a good one …
And Wednesday is awesome.
You have thrown one? I’m very curious if it does fly further or less stable. With my discs the really domey destroyers or wraiths are a good bit more overstable than their flatter counterparts
Great question, Turbo!
Yes, I have thrown one …
A friend of mine did this to a Star Destroyer (not Halo or anything) after seeing the IceBerg TV video.
His flew similar to what you see in the featured video, as well.
We’re in Utah, though, so it wasn’t QUITE as flippy …
But yes, it was flipper than a stock Star Destroyer – and WAY more flippy than a “domey” Star Destroyer, too.
I can’t explain why that is …
Maybe it’s just the extreme nature of it all?
Your guess is as good as mine.
Well I guess now I have to dig through the pile and find one of my destroyers to convert. I’m really curious as to how it turns out. By the way not related to the story but two of my bucket list courses is in your neck of the woods. Going to have to get up there to play The Fort and my all-time bucket list destination of Basecamp Adventures
Both are great courses!
Also, The Fort will chew you up and spit you out …
But you’ll love it 🙂
Also, LMK how that UFO Superdome Star Destroyer turns out …
It’ll be fun.
Okay so I made a 171 g Superdome Star destroyer over the weekend. First of all the process does not work with a glass bowl for some reason. Worked perfectly with stainless dog food bowl though. I did not get the same results as far as flight as the guy in the video. It might travel a little straighter for longer but I definitely did not get the big s curve in the video. For reference I have about 380 ft worth of power backhand so destroyers are a little out of my power range. I did notice that as the dome stretches downward it looks like it bends the bottom of the rim slightly upward towards the flight plate. This may be what accounts for the additional under stability. Either way cool disc and fun project
Awesome!
Yeah, the dog bowl is key …
As far as the flight is concerned, the one I’ve thrown was hands-down more understable.
Similar to you, mine (my buddy’s, actually) didn’t fly quite as S-turn-ish as the one in the video.
It was noticeably a longer-flying Destroyer, though.
That could be for a couple of reasons:
* I live in Utah, so everything flies like a Firebird.
* My arm might not be as big as the guy’s in the video.
Regardless, glad you had fun with it!
Think you’ll ever bust it out during an actual round?
Probably won’t use it other than just a novelty. It doesn’t fly that much further for me to make it worthwhile. I’ll just continue to throw my Wraiths and be happy with that. Fun project though.
Sounds like a plan, Joe!
Hard to beat a well-seasoned Wraith, anyway 🙂