what is D Plane?

Been hearing lots on tv, in magazines and on twitter about D-plane...

Just wondered if anyone could enlighten me as to what it is?

*note: I'm not changing my swing just merely seeking to understand what it is so when its spoken about I'm not like a spare man sausage at an orgy wondering what going on!

Never heard of it. Care to elaborate?

new to me too!

Is it the thing you fly in on if you're D Man?

Wish I could elaborate on it! I've heard Denos Pugh and Simon Holmes mention and a few others to so thought I'd seek advice, hopefully someone can enlighten us all then

Oh. That's all it is. I don't get all this "New ball flight laws" stuff - they've always been this way. This sounds like a load of hocus pocus to describe the basic physics of ball flight.

For example, it's just a load of snake oil to describe the fact that if you want to hit a push-draw (i.e. starting right of target and drawing back) you can do it by, say, a swingpath (at impact) of, say, +4° and a clubface angle (at impact) of, say, +2°. In other words, the clubface is closed to the swingpath with respect to the target line.
It's using what Trackman has confirmed to everyone a while back, which is that the clubface angle determines maybe 85% of the initial launch direction. Faldo, Chamblee etc don't get it and still peddle the line that it's swingpath that dictates launch direction.
Rather amusingly, this is straight out of S&T teachings.

Dave the Jackal wrote:Is it the thing you fly in on if you're D Man?

I so wanted to write that first!

I tried reading an explanation about D-plane but decided after about 2 sentences I'd be better off oblivious.

Try reading this link

I can't imagine anyone bringing up D-plane in a conversation so I wouldn't worry to much about it...

I think it translates into "the plane" from Jamaican.

It's what people do these days instead of disembarking.

George1507 wrote:It's what people do these days instead of disembarking.

Another good one George .