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Have just purchased this for an incredibly cheap £5.49 ( I haven't a clue but it was £9.99 in Argos)

Now...What do I do with it.

One of my stems is broken, so obviously replace it.

Can someone explain to me what I do with

a) Flight Protector
b) Ozone shaft locking ring
c) SlikStik? shaft

b) Ozone shaft locking ring

Did Noisy not post pictures of this on DF?

logging off now, back later to see if any positive assistance has been posted.

Snakehipsx2 wrote:

D & B wrote:logging off now, back later to see if any positive assistance has been posted.

Ooo precious,

1) Flight protectors I assume are little metal things which slot on the end of your flight to stop incoming darts damaging them.
2) Spring thing apparently keep the flight in when it would normally fall out, essentially they seem to be for people who can't be arsed picking up flights which have fallen out.
3) Fancy stems, not worth a wank imo.

Your first answer sounds about right then, in the bin with them.

Now can someone tell me about flights, bought these fancy Harrow jobbies in some right daft shapes.

Whats good and whats for the bin?

not got a clue ....

tend to be a bit of a traditionalist myself in terms of bog standard flights, you see guys like barney constantly messing about with stems, shafts, flights and think if it aint broken dont fix it.

The ozone rings are to add to metal shafts to keep them from loosening due to vibration (heh heh). They aren't very good, though. Cheaper rubber o-rings work better and if you are using nylon stems you don't need them anyway. The sliksticks aren't too bad.

D & B wrote:Now can someone tell me about flights, bought these fancy Harrow jobbies in some right daft shapes.

Whats good and whats for the bin?

Try them all out. See if one gets the dart to land any differently to usual and a way you like. I tried the standard, slim and... I dunno what they are called but they are kinda rounded. Anyhoo, I settled on the slim and have been using them for ages now.

Really depends on your style of throw I suppose. Different flight support different throw. As my throw has evolved I've tried just about every flight available, but seeing how you go with standards is probably best for now, get a settled throwing style/rythm, then go from there. Once your aim takes you consistently into the 20 bed then you can tweak it to go exactly where you want with stem type/length as well as flights.

Have finally decided on a new set of darts.

Will report on them after I've had a proper chuck.

How many practice darts does it take before you feel you are 'in the groove'.

I was throwing for half an hour today before my grip felt anything near right and then another half an hour to get anywhere near what I was aiming for.

Very hit and miss for me mate. Some days I can walk up to the board and be straight all over the treble, whilst other days an hour in and I still feel like i've never played the game before.

D & B wrote:

Snakehipsx2 wrote:

D & B wrote:logging off now, back later to see if any positive assistance has been posted.

Ooo precious,

1) Flight protectors I assume are little metal things which slot on the end of your flight to stop incoming darts damaging them.
2) Spring thing apparently keep the flight in when it would normally fall out, essentially they seem to be for people who can't be arsed picking up flights which have fallen out.
3) Fancy stems, not worth a wank imo.

Your first answer sounds about right then, in the bin with them.

Snake is right, particularly about the slikstiks, but o-rings and flight protectors add useful weight to the back of the dart and can be the difference between balanced and unbalanced. All depends on your throw.

D & B wrote:How many practice darts does it take before you feel you are 'in the groove'.

26 years worth and counting.

D & B wrote:How many practice darts does it take before you feel you are 'in the groove'.

I was throwing for half an hour today before my grip felt anything near right and then another half an hour to get anywhere near what I was aiming for.

hmmm. I think generally it's about a dozen to get the grip & maybe another 12 to get in the groove so to speak.

Snakehipsx2 wrote:

D & B wrote:How many practice darts does it take before you feel you are 'in the groove'.

I was throwing for half an hour today before my grip felt anything near right and then another half an hour to get anywhere near what I was aiming for.

6 pints

fanny

haha, nothing like needing 8 pints just to hit big 20's