[Recommend] Longest, straightest, flying discs?

[DiscFifty]

Since the shortest path between 2 points is a straight line, what are the best discs to use when all you want to do is throw it far and straight? Probably useful to have 2 recommendations, mid range for distances up to 300, drivers for anything further. Thx.

Personally speaking, my G* Mako3 gets me dead straight lines out to around 280 with just a hint of fade at the very end. With drivers I max around 330-350+ depending on various conditions, but those lines have some horizontal movement to them. Would like a driver that could get me 300-320ft of distance on a straight line. Thx.

 

[Stardoggy]

Star Leopard.

 

[notroman]

Leopard, beat in Teebird, beat in PD... Krait if you must go over 400 straight. Once you cross 450 you're reaching power levels that will exceed the high speed stability of most straight drivers so you'll need to either learn to smash a stable disc like a Teebird or a PD (these can hold straight/stable for well over 400 feet) or learn to control spin/nose angles to throw a stable/overstable disc like a Force on a shallow flex line.

The longer you try to go straight the more difficult and more high level the shot becomes. It's not as simple as just picking up a different disc.

 

[Hampstead]

Be prepared for dozens of answers.

The correct answer is:


Whatever disc you personally can throw long and straight.

 

[hugheshilton]

From my own personal experience:

Mids
Beat Roc (DX or KC Pro)
Z or Ti Buzzz
GL Fuse or Z Comet (on a hyzer flip)

Fairways
Star TL
Lighter Echostar or beat Star Teebird
Star SL

That's pretty much it from what I've thrown. I don't think I've thrown anything faster than a 9 speed that I could make go laser straight with little to no fade. That probably says more about the power level of my throw than anything else. However, watching tournament footage, even someone like McBeth doesn't seem to get really dead straight lines out of anything faster than a Thunderbird. He usually throws either a Teebird3 or Thunderbird for laser beam driver shots and he can get that Thunderbird out to 450 or so on a straight line.

 

[Mulligan]

Star Leopard.

yes.

 

[Putt for D'oh]

In my bag currently that fit the description
Even my beat in teebirds/rivals tend to have more fade than the TL or River

Hyzer flipped River is still my go to for straight line distance

Proxy
Seasoned Claymore
Hyzer flipped Truth
Star Tl
River

 

[ThomasOrion]

From short to long.

Atom
Proxy
Buzzz
FD
TD - this is a surprise as I thought it would be understable, but its really straight
Trespass - though as a distance driver there will always be SOME lateral movement
Defy - on a power throw this locks into a straight line REALLY well, but will hyzer fade out late.

 

[SD86]

Since the shortest path between 2 points is a straight line

In physics, yes. In disc golf, a Paul McBeth hyzer is the correct answer.

Seriously, the Mako3 is very straight. The TL is very straight, and a beat-in Teebird is straight. A Krait flies very straight with a dump fade at the end.

 

[Quinum]

Patriots are quite straight for me and they go far.

 

[World Eater]

shortest to longest

Pure (flipped)
Claymore/Mako3 (flipped)
River/Leopard (flipped)
Catapult (flat)

I throw mid 160 VIP catapults for reliable distance and switched because it flies on such a tight S-curve for me. I'll throw them on 350+ tunnels if they're wide enough, otherwise I'm flipping a Claymore or River for more control and less distance.

Also, if you want a ranging straight mid, as much as I loath this disc and prefer to throw a Pure with control at this range, its hard to fx up throwing a Justice 200'-250'. It will go straight and then fall out of the sky like a brick, leaving you pretty much straight.

 

[Hampstead]

I have never heard anyone describe a Justice as having a straight flight before.

 

[Halcón]

Notroman and Hampstead had the answers. But for 300-320 straight, I'd personally go with a max weight Relay. That thing will fly on a frozen rope.

 

[ODRB]

Comet or beat Roc to 300'ish.
JLS or Something like a Sidewinder/Roadrunner/OrionLS hyzerflipped out past that. But a seasoned JLS on a hyzerflip is pure effing magic.

 

[dekdo]

I didnt realize how much elevation affects the disc's stability until moving to Denver this year. My champ terns and D3s are lasers up here. My D4s would turn over like crazy in florida, but up here they behave like a D3 and glide forever. My CD2 is also a great disc for straight shots.

 

[money 21]

ibex and trak

 

[ranger]

Notroman and Hampstead had the answers. But for 300-320 straight, I'd personally go with a max weight Relay. That thing will fly on a frozen rope.

I thought the relay was pretty understable.

 

[wims]

Discmania FD

 

[Moose33]

The longest disc that's was virtually straight is the vibram Lace. Went 400 very straight for me, but when it beat it I couldn't keep it from flipping.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Volt. Ive crushed them 400'+ with very little movement. Same with PD.

Ion/proxy also fly stupid far and straight. Downhill i pull them out regardless of the distance.