[Innova] DESTROYER destroyers unite!!

titovanburen · Dec 15, 2015

I just wanna say that a lot of star destroyers are swirly, and a lot of star destroyers have a higher parting line than a beat up old *D...these two features alone do not make a disc as valuable as something with a limited run tour series Wiggins stamp on it.

However there is always a good market for a good flying swirly Destroyer!

hugheshilton · Dec 15, 2015

All the Wiggins Destroyers I saw had a bit of a uniquely shaped top as well. They had a very squared off wing, and very flat. They looked/felt a bit like a Destrulcan except that they flew very OS. I'm not sure from your profile pic because you don't show the whole top of the disc, but it doesn't LOOK like the squared off tops that the Wiggins Destroyers had to me.

ncgamedog · Dec 15, 2015

hugheshilton said:
All the Wiggins Destroyers I saw had a bit of a uniquely shaped top as well. They had a very squared off wing, and very flat. They looked/felt a bit like a Destrulcan except that they flew very OS. I'm not sure from your profile pic because you don't show the whole top of the disc, but it doesn't LOOK like the squared off tops that the Wiggins Destroyers had to me.

Agree 100% on all accounts

sky. · Dec 17, 2015

Well, after throwing one of these swirlies I'm holding onto them. Plenty stable and fast being flatter than most, thrown flat out to 385-410 it held straight a long ways and gets a good fade at the end. Held up in headwind, yet not far off max D distance. On a side note, I was stoked not only on these destroyers that day but also on the Shelton springs course I played while I was in the area. Awesome course hour from Seattle, best I've played in Washington.

brandocommando9 · Dec 17, 2015

sky. said:
Well, after throwing one of these swirlies I'm holding onto them. Plenty stable and fast being flatter than most, thrown flat out to 385-410 it held straight a long ways and gets a good fade at the end. Held up in headwind, yet not far off max D distance. On a side note, I was stoked not only on these destroyers that day but also on the Shelton springs course I played while I was in the area. Awesome course hour from Seattle, best I've played in Washington.

Shelton springs is an awesome course!

hugheshilton · Dec 17, 2015

brandocommando9 said:
Shelton springs is an awesome course!

I've wanted to make it up there, but it's about 2.5 hours from me. I used to have some family that lived in Shelton many years ago, but they moved so I have no excuse to go there now. Silly family and their silly jobs.

OlyWA Kenobi · Dec 17, 2015

Next time you're in Shelton, come see me at Olympic Discs, Mason County's only Disc Golf Pro Shop!

:::LSWT::: · Dec 21, 2015

limited run, on sale soon.

hugheshilton · Dec 21, 2015

Those look pretty awesome! Where are they going to be on sale from?

mark996 · Dec 21, 2015

^^yeah when/where. I know I've got a market for 2 of them at least. Dang those look nice.

HiFi · Dec 21, 2015

Getting a little tired of the muted colors on the pro shop destros. Brighten it up and it might find a place next to my Wiggins.

SeveN · Dec 21, 2015

Damn it....I will never stop buying destroyers with sexy or cool stamps....

thunder3boy · Dec 22, 2015

That's up there in the top 3 stamps I've ever seen. May get one for that reason alone...

PWaggoner · Dec 28, 2015

So i noticed in the "in the bag" thread that people carry 5 destroyers.

Im just wondering what yall use each one for.

Im taking a guess some people slot a dedicated roller, in which my most beat champion isnt there yet and once super flippy will be a dedicated roller destroyer . My echo star is my flippy one and i use it for rollers, but prefer a champ roller disc. Used to use a beat champ sidewinder but lost it in a ditch

I bag four and only ever found a need for four.

Just curious.

hugheshilton · Dec 28, 2015

PWaggoner said:
So i noticed in the "in the bag" thread that people carry 5 destroyers.

Im just wondering what yall use each one for.

Im taking a guess some people slot a dedicated roller, in which my most beat champion isnt there yet and once super flippy will be a dedicated roller destroyer . My echo star is my flippy one and i use it for rollers, but prefer a champ roller disc. Used to use a beat champ sidewinder but lost it in a ditch

I bag four and only ever found a need for four.

Just curious.

I currently carry 4 in my summer bag, but that is only because my current roller of choice is a zero G Scorpius. If I were carrying a Destroyer as a roller, it would be 5. The breakdown for me is like this:

GStar: Pretty flippy, always finishes right
GStar: Big distance, flips, glides, and fades back, but needs room to work
Star: Workhorse, very straight, lots of glide, moderate fade
Star: Fresh meathook, very OS

SD86 · Dec 28, 2015

PWaggoner said:
So i noticed in the "in the bag" thread that people carry 5 destroyers.
Im just wondering what yall use each one for.
Im taking a guess some people slot a dedicated roller, in which my most beat champion isnt there yet and once super flippy will be a dedicated roller destroyer . My echo star is my flippy one and i use it for rollers, but prefer a champ roller disc. Used to use a beat champ sidewinder but lost it in a ditch
I bag four and only ever found a need for four.
Just curious.

I only carry one long distance/max distance driver, but I do carry three control drivers (TL, FD, River)(Fury, Thunderbird, maybe Saint) for different shots. Sounds to me like the power throwers do with Destroyers that noodle-arms like myself do with control drivers.

hugheshilton · Dec 28, 2015

SD86 said:
I only carry one long distance/max distance driver, but I do carry three control drivers (TL, FD, River)(Fury, Thunderbird, maybe Saint) for different shots. Sounds to me like the power throwers do with Destroyers that noodle-arms like myself do with control drivers.

Destroyers are very controllable discs for a distance driver, which is probably partially why so many pros throw them. I only carry 1 real "max distance" Destroyer in my bag. The others are all for controllable distance drives, so you're probably right (not that I'd consider myself much of a "power thrower").

I suspect that lots of people who carry loads of Destroyers also carry 1 or 2 as backups. In a tournament situation I'd probably carry 1 extra, a backup for my workhorse Star Destroyer.

brentjacobs · Dec 28, 2015

PWaggoner said:
So i noticed in the "in the bag" thread that people carry 5 destroyers.

Im just wondering what yall use each one for.

Im taking a guess some people slot a dedicated roller, in which my most beat champion isnt there yet and once super flippy will be a dedicated roller destroyer . My echo star is my flippy one and i use it for rollers, but prefer a champ roller disc. Used to use a beat champ sidewinder but lost it in a ditch

I bag four and only ever found a need for four.

Just curious.

I carry 3 or 4(if it's really windy(20 mph+), which it is a lot in MT)

FAF BS Star - dumb OS for strong winds
BS Star - FH's and normal windy days
*D - nicely beat workhorse
Pro - beat, flippy, rollers, tailwinds, max D fun

Anon · Dec 28, 2015

I usually have 4-5 in the bag but mostly because I'm trying to beat a couple in and get some dirt on em. I think I could live with 2-3 and have most of that distance covered.

Vonbeezy1 · Dec 28, 2015

I carry 3. One meathook, one overstate and one dead straight

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