[Discraft] 2012 Discraft Ace Race Disc

[crusadersounds]

My ESP Zeppelin is still in my bag and continues to get a workout almost every round I play.

 

[mndiscg]

I liked the Zep for the ace race but not for putting. I tried it for awhile after the ace race and it just didn't work out.

 

[throwfromthewoods]

yeah i'm not sure why everybody was bitching/continues to bitch about the zeppelin... it was a great ace race disc and not a bad disc in itself. i'd like to see an understable mid.

I wouldn't call it bitching. At least not on my part. I used the phrase "lukewarm" reception. At the time of the Ace Race tourneys, I do not remember hearing a lot of "wow" from the users. I remember hearing people could barely get it out to 200' and its flight path was nothing to get excited about. Not exactly the type of disc players would get to a tee with and be excited to try and run at the chains.

Discraft (I doubt) would release a lid, because there's no "prototyping" involved. It's a lid. Discraft can release one any time of the year and people will know what they're getting. This is going to be a question mark disc for them.

 

[mashnut]

I liked the Zep for the ace race but not for putting. I tried it for awhile after the ace race and it just didn't work out.

I can't putt with it well at all, but that's mostly because I'm so used to putting with a much smaller more overstable putter with less glide. It didn't kick my wizards out of the bag, but I use it quite a bit for shorter right turning shots especially ones that need to go straight with a really late turn.

 

[Verjaeger]

Fingers crossed for a flat stable putter.

 

[Titanic_Sinks]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that THIS is the year when Discraft starts making Innova nervous. I'm guessing that the Ace Race disc is going to be a Fairway Driver, somewhere in the 8/6/0/3 to 7/6/0/2 range. I'm also guessing that they're going to try the semi-controversial "+ rim" that seems to be giving Latitude 64 it's awesome glide, and it'll end up with a very "Euro-Flavor" name...something in the 4 to 6 letter range..."Truth" or maybe..."Hope", which would be more fitting, I suppose.

 

[bee_ryce]

Seeing as i'll almost certainly only be using at the Ace Race, I hope its another putter or even a lid.

 

[ManU]

no no no you crazy canuck

must release a good fairway driver

 

[JRW III]

I think the Zepp was a pretty good disc for the Ace Race event. But judging from the quantity and price of them in the DGCR Marketplace, I would say the demand is pretty low. Discraft has yet to do a production run, and you can still find them pretty easy and cheaper than what retail would be.

 

[New013]

have they ever done a driver?

 

[ManU]

slipstream????
or was it the spectra

something tells me there was 1

 

[wkelly42]

The ESP Zep found a spot in my bag, but it really has been a utility disc. It gets too funky in the wind for me to use it all the time, though I can see that it would have been a perfect Ace Race disc. It's a great disc to give beginners who are used to throwing lids, as kind of a transition disc.

I would LOVE an understable Stalker for an ace race disc. This will be the first one I've played in, so I'm really just hoping for something I can throw.

 

[bee_ryce]

no no no you crazy canuck

must release a good fairway driver

The JLS already exists. No further developments can be made.

and Yes to earlier poster, slipstream was an ace race driver.

 

[jtreadwell]

I posted something but it was very dumb so...

 

[Old Bassman]

I borrowed this from the other Ace Race thread......

Beaded Comet.....


Thanx, atvan

 

[Marv Vega]

I liked the Zep for the ace race but not for putting. I tried it for awhile after the ace race and it just didn't work out.

Know the feeling, fun for the Ace Race but it just hasn't found a place in my bag either. Basically the same story with the others in my group as well. I do think it would make a good beginner or transition disc though.

 

[Dyoel182]

The JLS already exists. No further developments can be made.

I like the cut of your jib.

 

[remember2morrow]

How about a smaller diameter Comet?

 

[prerube]

these threads start already?!?! the first one is still 4 months away.

I saw one being advertised for next month

 

[prerube]

yeah i'm not sure why everybody was bitching/continues to bitch about the zeppelin... it was a great ace race disc and not a bad disc in itself. i'd like to see an understable mid.

Like BuzzzSS or Meteor?