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shrek
Posts : 38 Join date : 2012-09-01 Age : 56 Location : Indiana
| Subject: tore up flights Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:43 am | |
| How banged up do you let your flights get before you switch them out. Mine are getting nicks and dents on them but still seem to be flying good. |
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DIRTY G
Posts : 964 Join date : 2012-08-14 Age : 53 Location : Perth Australia
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:27 am | |
| Fair bit but Ill use neat ones for comp |
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jake8380
Posts : 219 Join date : 2012-09-04 Location : Central Coast, CA
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:32 am | |
| For practice I'll play with chips and nicks. I'll usually use a nail file to sand off the bits that hang over the edges to keep them smooth. If there is a tear or rip I toss them out. For matches, I'll use new or near new flights.
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Jimbo21
Posts : 1706 Join date : 2012-08-10 Age : 59 Location : Adelaide
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:05 pm | |
| I usually get around 2 - 3 weeks out of a set depending on how tightly I'm grouping them.
If I get a tear in 1, I will replace all 3.
In practice, I will use tatty flights until I think that they are putting my dart off.
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Saber
Posts : 5689 Join date : 2012-01-09 Location : Palm Coast,Florida 32137
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:37 pm | |
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m1ghty
Posts : 98 Join date : 2012-09-24 Age : 33 Location : Urbana Illinois
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:33 pm | |
| til the wont go back on. im broke so ill use flights till a wing falls off. Got some L-flights about a month ago and they are lasting pretty good. Only on one dart is the flight ripped down the side. |
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DIRTY G
Posts : 964 Join date : 2012-08-14 Age : 53 Location : Perth Australia
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:41 pm | |
| - m1ghty wrote:
- til the wont go back on. im broke so ill use flights till a wing falls off. Got some L-flights about a month ago and they are lasting pretty good. Only on one dart is the flight ripped down the side.
we got the same boat |
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Aussie Kev
Posts : 164 Join date : 2012-09-22 Age : 61 Location : Fribourg ,Switzerland
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:17 pm | |
| I change the flight as soon as its damaged, too always train the way to play. What do you do with old flights. I am collecting them for a wall decoration. |
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:20 pm | |
| I dont mind using them with a few rough edges but I sometimes hit my cheek on the drawback and it hurts when the edges are all raggy |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:50 pm | |
| i buy all the same flights the just changed the one thats damage |
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Bigshow
Posts : 1216 Join date : 2012-01-25 Age : 41 Location : Éire
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:36 am | |
| - dartsrotty wrote:
- i buy all the same flights the just changed the one thats damage
I've been doing that for a while now. I bulk buy 100 sets of Amazon flights and change individual flights as and when needed. I probably go through 200 sets a year. |
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Lefty544
Posts : 1788 Join date : 2012-01-27 Age : 40 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:55 am | |
| I let my flights ride until they rip. Otherwise, I don't see much of a difference because the tail end is pulling apart. Then again... I'm not that great of a shot. So, there isn't much to notice |
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Watsontotty
Posts : 169 Join date : 2012-01-22
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:02 am | |
| i tend to get a decent usage out of flights however it can differ depending on the flight and the darts thrown but all in all once they wear i replace them straight away. |
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Chalk Is Cheap
Posts : 182 Join date : 2012-01-15 Location : Dallas, TX
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:08 am | |
| When I used aluminum stems without the Trident 180s, I would go through several sets per week. They just got ground to shreds within a few hours of practice.
Since I switched to nylon stems and rings, and added the tridents, I'm using 2-3 sets a month.
I do switch to a new set for comps, but I'm not playing much competitively this year, so I just switch back to my practice set after the match and still have a basically pristine set in a tube in my dart case waiting for me. |
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TheFox180
Posts : 1368 Join date : 2012-05-17 Age : 35 Location : Nuneaton
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:42 am | |
| Use a fresh set every week for match play. Keep tatty ones for practise until they get torn, at which point they go in the bin |
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Big Gun
Posts : 480 Join date : 2012-07-10 Age : 59 Location : Northampton
| Subject: Re: tore up flights Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:13 am | |
| I echo what the Fox is saying. New set every match might get 2 matches Mon night & Fri night but then use them for practice at home but once they get raggy or torn they go in the bin |
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