Recent content by Twmccoy

I've thrown an FD a handful of times, and for me the Hawkeye was different. How? Domier, glidier, less flippy, and longer. FD reminds me of a longer Leopard. Hawkeye seems like something else entirely. Next time I run across a FD I'll throw it and the Hawkeye side by side for comparison.

Did a little searching on here and found exactly nothing about this disc. Star plastic, 171g. The Hawkeye seems to be a fairway driver with a bit of a convex rim. Hand feel reminds me of the IT. That is where the similarities between the 2 discs end. Given flight numbers for the Hawkeye are 7...

Tried a Vass out for the first time a couple weeks ago. K1 plastic. 172g. Fairly soft and a bit gummy and grippy. Initial thoughts are that it looks and feels like a Destroyer, but with a very slightly shallower rim. Very nice flier, and the flight numbers (12, 5, -1.5, 2) are dead on. The Vass...

I've never really gotten into the Rive. It seems to fly slower and shorter than the numbers indicate. To me it feels like a star Destroyer with perhaps a tad less glide and more (and earlier) fade. Rive for me is 12, 4, -0.5, 3. Have not tried a Strive yet.

Try a Relativity or Excite. Either one of those will push out to 450' pretty easily. IDK what it is about the Octane, but they simply aren't great fliers.

Speed 7 is a nice spot for fairway drivers. Stuff like the Teebird, Evader, or Explorer are all very good options. Usable for weak and strong arms alike. Anax is the next step up for me in terms of drivers after speed 7.

Envy is similar to a Zone (and a bunch of other molds). Fine upshot disc. Photon is very flat and glideless. Tesla is too, but slower. Wave is similar to a Tern, but maybe a hair flippier. Octane is stubborn and a bit glideless. Fairly Destroyer-like. Crave is a pretty decent, somewhat...

Threw a Delirium for the first time today. Neutron plastic. 173g. Average dome. First thing I noticed was the rim width and the overall profile of the disc. Very wide (2.5CM) rim. Slightly shallow profile. That equates to blistering speed, which the Delirium delivers easily. This disc was...

I've thrown a couple G* ITs. Crappy, crappy mold. Horrible hand feel. Stupid, chunky convex rim. The disc flies as bad as it looks. Even starting IT steeply hyzer the disc turns and burns almost instantly. The IT must be for really soft throwers. Anything over 300' and this thing is going off...

Giant is more like 13, 5, -1, 3. Sorcerer is much flippier than their numbers indicate. I'd say something like 13, 5, -3, 2. Catapult is a useless mold. 13, 4, -1, 3. It's like a crappier Giant or World. World: 14, 5, -1, 3. Similar to the Ballista Pro. Turns a little more as you beat it in...

My ultimate wakeup call with the Time Lapse came when I smoked an ESP Anax past it by about 20' with way less effort involved. The Anax glides better, stays straighter longer, and fades way later than the Time Lapse. No 12 speed driver should be getting beat by an Anax so easily. Even the...

I've thrown 1 Venom. First run ESP, 174g. Pretty domey. Very overstable, and slower than advertised. Also, not remarkable glide. I found the Venom overall to be a stubborn flier. I'd rate it at 11, 4, 0, 3. The only time I got any reasonable distance out of it was when I forced it over hard...

Finally tried a Time Lapse. Normal model (not first run). Good dome. Disc definitely isn't flat like many Axiom/MVP drivers are. 173g. I decided to test the Time Lapse both in the field and on the course. To make things fair I put it up against a Cloudbreaker, Zeus, and star Destroyer. Long...

Interesting. The Zenith I tried wanted to flip fairly easily, even on hyzer releases. It had no trouble getting distance. I won't say it went further than I thought it would, but it sure wasn't short. I don't really throw or bag 11 speed discs anyway. If I did, this one could get an audition...

Threw a Bear for the first time today. VIP, 176g. Nice flier. Decent dome. Very similar to a Thunderbird, Getaway, Vulture, or Anax. Honestly, the Bear is everything the Stag wishes it could be (Stag is ridiculously flippy and useless). The Bear flies pretty long for a speed 8 driver, and was...