# Frisbee Q **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frisbee-q/149158 "2003-01-17T04:01:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tcdaniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tcdaniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcdaniel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frisbee-q/149158/1 "2003-01-17T04:01:27Z")
Is a firmly thrown frisbee traveling faster than the fastball thrown by a ML Pitcher? Is there any record on how fast a tossed frisbee can fly? Has a machine been made to launch them like skeets to increase the speed/distance? Has the military studied these for ordinance delivery? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frisbee-q/149158/2 "2003-01-17T04:18:23Z")
According to [this site](http://www.wfdf.org/rulrec.htm) the record is 134 mph. Scroll to the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frisbee-q/149158/3 "2003-01-17T14:54:57Z")
The record according to the WFDF is 134 _kilometers_ per hour, or 83 miles per hour. That’s nowhere near a ML fastball. And keep in mind it’s a record, so your average person, throwing as hard as they can, is nowhere near that. Looking at the physics makes it clear that frisbees aren’t going to be very fast – they’re purposely built with a fair amount of drag from the wind (that’s how they get lift), and they’re light enough that they don’t have a lot of momentum to overcome the drag. Just the opposite of a baseball (or bullet). ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frisbee-q/149158/4 "2003-01-17T18:48:46Z")
oops…my bad. It was kph. Sorry.