The white parts appear to be delrin or celcon, and both of those spin independently of each other. The axle clearly goes from aluminum half to half, as the outer rims spin together. They don’t act like Z-stacks or ta-tas.
I’m guessing there’s 3 bearings inside in. The main bearing and one inside each spinning element.
You can snap start it. It is heavy though. I think it’s around 75 grams. Loads of fun too.
Just got through with one a few minutes ago. Super fun, and works about as well as you could possibly imagine this concept working.
In general, it’s a very wide throw and quite heavy. Not so much in either way that it’s off-putting, but the weight will take a minute or two to get used to after you’ve been throwing a more traditional 66g metal. On the upside, it’s extremely stable, which makes it fun and rewarding to play even if you’re not utilizing the catch zone feature. Catch zone is extremely entertaining though, and I don’t know if popping it up from a mount in between my fingers, and throwing it back into play will ever truly get old.
Oddities/downsides…the graphics are oddly terrible. They’re very shaky around the edges and I would have just not even bothered. Other issue is that it can be quite loud. If you’re hitting the bearing dead-on with your string hits, not a problem, but when the catch zone gets touched it’s certainly not quiet as those plastics start to turn. It very literally “screams” when the catch zone is being fully utilized on a grind.
I love mine. I have had it almost since the release and it has grown on me so much. I got so used to it that I actually prefer the weight now. I prefer this throw over just about any at the moment. It can be tuned to be very smooth, it is extremely stable and capable of things that no other throw is capable of. The spinning catch zone actually makes it a little more stable because it causes less friction when the string rubs on them as oppose to a non-spinning catch zone. Just an amazing throw.