[Innova] Eagle

[Thumber]

I have read a ton of repetitive posts on here about discing down. Today I was digging through a bag of discs in the back room and found a 168 Champ Eagle. Took it with me today.

Hit metal twice off the tee in the front 9....I had bought the Eagle back when I was throwing tons of thumbers.....man oh man does that thing fly nice backhand....lots of glide and nice smooth fade.

also a great mid range thumber disc.

I think it stays in the bag

Its coming to Coyote Point with me

 

[douglat2]

they're crap, total crap!




sorry, the first post i saw today was sarcastic and now i'm stuck on it. i love eagles.

 

[EL-KABONG]

EAGLES FREAKIN' RULE

That is all;
Carry on, full ahead

 

[Greevus]

great versatile driver. nice glide and can handle snap well.

 

[Fly Stevo Dynamite]

I lost one a while ago and I didn't realize how really great the discs were until i was without one. Luckily they are not and endangered species, a quick visit to Dynamic Discs and BAM! Happiness once again! Special thanks to Charkboy for my first Eagle hook up when I had like 3 discs.:hfive:

Cheers all!

 

[deBebbler]

168 Champ Eagle

Slow enough to have wicked control, and fast enough to maintain a fairly low flight line. Backhand, forehand, thumbers, working lines, fighting the wind, the Eagle does it all.


168g Eagle in Champ plastic? A solid argument could be made that this is the perfect disc.

 

[douglat2]

168g Eagle in Champ plastic? A solid argument could be made that this is the perfect disc.

agreed

 

[optidiscic]

I love the eagle. Rare combo of stability and narrow rim and glide makes for a unique predictable manipulative disc. What I'd really like to know is why people hate the eagle.

 

[douglat2]

because they have bad form

 

[smarkquart]

I can count the discs I have not thrown on two hands and for whatever reason the Eagle is one of them. I like the River and the TeeBird a lot and with how much I have cleaned up my form this year, I can get them flying straight and true. The only problem I have is when I try to squeeze out a little more straight distance and OAT sneaks back into my form, sending them right. It does not happen often, but it is enough to get me thinking about it when I throw.

My question is, would I be happier with an Eagle? The Ascent is being compared to a TeeBird and Eagle hybrid. Keeping this story short, the Firm Ascent I had only flew like this for one round. However, for that one round I felt like I could really push it without OAT worries and we are talking laser straight for 340-360 feet with no turn our fade. It did require muscle to fly like this, but if I backed off the power, it did not become overstable, it just flew not as far. Is this similar to how the Eagle flies?

With the cold season coming up, the only Champion I throw are professionally dyed discs (something in the dying process adds just enough gripability to make me happy, otherwise I find Champion too slick). Otherwise I prefer Star plastic. Besides for durability, is there going to be considerable difference in stability?

 

[battsypants]

The Eagle is EASILY my favorite disc. In fact, I have a serious Eagle addiction and have compiled a nice little stash in my short disc golf career. I love Eagles for their versatility and are best when they become worn. My personal favorite is one I use for all left turning shots (I'm lefty). I throw it completely flat, it turns left, levels off and glides out to 325. I LOVE that f'ing disc.

My current Eagle stock:

Yellow CE Eagle - 175 (unthrown)
Orange CE Eagle - 175 (long turnovers)
Dark Blue CE Eagle - 175 (very stable)
First Run Red DX Eagle - 175 (unthrown)
First Run Green DX Eagle - 175 (straight as an arrow)
Yellow Star Eagle - 172 (Beautiful S turn)
Red DX Eagle - 170 (pick a line and it stays on it)

I have $50 in my PayPal from some recent eBaying... guess what I'm stocking up on???

 

[The Hammer]

The Eagle is EASILY my favorite disc. In fact, I have a serious Eagle addiction and have compiled a nice little stash in my short disc golf career. I love Eagles for their versatility and are best when they become worn. My personal favorite is one I use for all left turning shots (I'm lefty). I throw it completely flat, it turns left, levels off and glides out to 325. I LOVE that f'ing disc.

My current Eagle stock:

Yellow CE Eagle - 175 (unthrown)
Orange CE Eagle - 175 (long turnovers)
Dark Blue CE Eagle - 175 (very stable)
First Run Red DX Eagle - 175 (unthrown)
First Run Green DX Eagle - 175 (straight as an arrow)
Yellow Star Eagle - 172 (Beautiful S turn)
Red DX Eagle - 170 (pick a line and it stays on it)

I have $50 in my PayPal from some recent eBaying... guess what I'm stocking up on???

porn?

 

[Bubbajoe]

I can count the discs I have not thrown on two hands and for whatever reason the Eagle is one of them. I like the River and the TeeBird a lot and with how much I have cleaned up my form this year, I can get them flying straight and true. The only problem I have is when I try to squeeze out a little more straight distance and OAT sneaks back into my form, sending them right. It does not happen often, but it is enough to get me thinking about it when I throw.

My question is, would I be happier with an Eagle? The Ascent is being compared to a TeeBird and Eagle hybrid. Keeping this story short, the Firm Ascent I had only flew like this for one round. However, for that one round I felt like I could really push it without OAT worries and we are talking laser straight for 340-360 feet with no turn our fade. It did require muscle to fly like this, but if I backed off the power, it did not become overstable, it just flew not as far. Is this similar to how the Eagle flies?

With the cold season coming up, the only Champion I throw are professionally dyed discs (something in the dying process adds just enough gripability to make me happy, otherwise I find Champion too slick). Otherwise I prefer Star plastic. Besides for durability, is there going to be considerable difference in stability?

Short answer is no. I haven't noticed and major stability differences between star and champ Eagle's of the same wieght. In my experince, however, they do gain stability dramatically as a function of weight. More so than other molds I've thrown.

I haven't thrown an Accent yet, so I cant make any comparisons between the two, but I can say that the Eagle family of drivers is far and away my favorite. You may be able to find discs that do one or two things a little better than an Eagle, but I've yet to find a disc that does everything as well as an Eagle.

 

[biscoe]

i found my tester ascents to be very similar to the dx eagle in stability and speed.

 

[chain-addicted]

Never owned an Eagle. Closest thing I have to it is my beat Star TL. I need to jump on the Eagle bandwagon....:\:|

 

[EL-KABONG]

Never owned an Eagle. Closest thing I have to it is my beat Star TL. I need to jump on the Eagle bandwagon....:\:|

Beat Star TL not that 'Eagley' unless it was a weirdo mold

Eagle x'es are very versatile discs...and under-rated in the "nitro burning wide lip" era
Sneaky distance with tons of different lines

 

[bikinjack]

I can count the discs I have not thrown on two hands and for whatever reason the Eagle is one of them. I like the River and the TeeBird a lot and with how much I have cleaned up my form this year, I can get them flying straight and true. The only problem I have is when I try to squeeze out a little more straight distance and OAT sneaks back into my form, sending them right. It does not happen often, but it is enough to get me thinking about it when I throw.

My question is, would I be happier with an Eagle? The Ascent is being compared to a TeeBird and Eagle hybrid. Keeping this story short, the Firm Ascent I had only flew like this for one round. However, for that one round I felt like I could really push it without OAT worries and we are talking laser straight for 340-360 feet with no turn our fade. It did require muscle to fly like this, but if I backed off the power, it did not become overstable, it just flew not as far. Is this similar to how the Eagle flies?

With the cold season coming up, the only Champion I throw are professionally dyed discs (something in the dying process adds just enough gripability to make me happy, otherwise I find Champion too slick). Otherwise I prefer Star plastic. Besides for durability, is there going to be considerable difference in stability?

Get a Star Eagle. All (supposedly) are the X mold, the Star glides much better than Champ, which I find noticeably more stable. For me, Stars fly like a slightly broken in DX, with just a touch less glide. All that said, I like DX Eagles the most. They break in so sweet, and I love the grip.

 

[chain-addicted]

Beat Star TL not that 'Eagley' unless it was a weirdo mold...

Notice I said "closest"....

 

[slowRoll]

Never understood the eagle. I own a champ max weight blue one. Threw it a dozen times or so and came to realize it was almost as overstable as a firebird...but shorter. Meh, moving on.

BTW 3 day weekend starts in 2 hours 4 minutes. The golf index for tomorrow is a perfect 10 out of 10 in my area. You know what time it is.

 

[bikinjack]

Never understood the eagle. I own a champ max weight blue one. Threw it a dozen times or so and came to realize it was almost as overstable as a firebird...but shorter. Meh, moving on.

BTW 3 day weekend starts in 2 hours 4 minutes. The golf index for tomorrow is a perfect 10 out of 10 in my area. You know what time it is.

This is why it's so overstable. Try a Star or even better, DX for the true Eagle experience.