curveball4
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GL River, light, will hold the turn most of the flight. A little hyzer & you have a straight flyer
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Fairway Driver Understable
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Johnny Conservative
Banned
Always been a fan of the Discraft Xpress. It is easy to control, you can throw it on a hyzer, straight, or easily anhyzer the disc. Pretty good as a roller too.
niuvalleycane
Eagle Member
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DX Eagle X
joshuajames
Double Eagle Member
The Diamond...seriously good disc, a little under rated IMO.
TeetersMcClain
Newbie
I'm naysaying the leopard; I carry several leopard in my main bag and when I go with my 6 disc bag, I carry two. With that said, I like a really well broken in dx banshee as a straight fairway. It definitely needs to log some miles first, but there's a lot to be said for the versatility of a few dx banshees in various stages of use.
duckbutter
Par Member
I carry 3 Star Leopards in the bag, 150, 161, and 171. Each weight has its own flight path and stability.
On a side note I love Vibram's X-link Ascent and Trak in 150's.
I'm using a 150g champ Leopard and a Lat 64 Diamond for understable fairway duty. Both are easy distance. The Diamond is longer and has more glide. It's also harder to control, it can flip bad if overpowered. For me, it needs a hyzer release at about 70% power. The Leopard can take more torque and remain neutral. I prefer the Leopard unless I really need extra distance.
TeetersMcClain
Newbie
For some reason, I'm not able to edit my earlier post. That should have read "I'm not naysaying the leopard."
Technohic
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There is a sweet spot with light ware on a pro Leopard I have a hard time finding in other discs where it will turn over and level out making the turn gradual and I love that, but beat it a little more and it will turn to the ground pretty hard. That is when you got your self a hyzer-flip disc. Fresh, a pro Leo to me is about as neutral as it gets.
niuvalleycane
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I was surprised about the dx eagle x, as I figured it would be stable since most of my Champ 11x Eagle Xs mimic firebirds when new, but just like a DX Leopard is super flippy imo compared to a Champ Leo, the dx eagle xs I have turn and glide when thrown flat, since it has a notch I like it even when windy just adjusting release angle for turnovers, my fairway lineup:
Champ 11x Eagle X
Champ 11x Eagle L
DX Eagle X
It seems that I jump on these threads after 25 people have already said what I would say:
Leopard. My champ Leopard is the epitome of understable. I can release it on a hyzer line directly at a tree and have it straighten out and go right of the expected path for a perfectly straight shot. If I release it flat it turns right and has very little fade at the end.
As for straight fairway drivers? Either an Avenger SS or a TL. It really depends on how much undergrowth I'm looking at losing the disc in, since my TLs are white and yellow, and my Avenger is hot pink.
Leopard. My champ Leopard is the epitome of understable. I can release it on a hyzer line directly at a tree and have it straighten out and go right of the expected path for a perfectly straight shot. If I release it flat it turns right and has very little fade at the end.
As for straight fairway drivers? Either an Avenger SS or a TL. It really depends on how much undergrowth I'm looking at losing the disc in, since my TLs are white and yellow, and my Avenger is hot pink.
Apoth
Double Eagle Member
I'm using a mid-weight DX Teebird for this shot. Started out neutral to slightly understable and now has a consistent right fade for me. That disc has insane glide as well.
I've also used rivers and loved them. The only reason they came out of the bag was because I was trying to reduce my mold count. Didn't like the one leopard I owned but I don't think I ever really gave it a chance. My X-XL also worked pretty good for this shot for a while.
I've also used rivers and loved them. The only reason they came out of the bag was because I was trying to reduce my mold count. Didn't like the one leopard I owned but I don't think I ever really gave it a chance. My X-XL also worked pretty good for this shot for a while.
Speedly
Birdie Member
RIVER. No doubt.
welfare_train
Bogey Member
Spot me $75 and I will give it a try.
