No, it has a normal rim. Feels just like a regular driver, but it loves to turn right.
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- Thread starter Midnightbiker
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No, it has a normal rim. Feels just like a regular driver, but it loves to turn right.
I just ordered a Monarch... Hope it treats me well.
valkyrie
Double Eagle Member
thats what ive heard, i might make that my next new disc purchase, after a new eagle.
thepowerofpancakes
Eagle Member
when the monarch came out i was told it was a faster road runner, i never got around to trying it. I love the road runner, it is predictably understable. unlike the sidewinder which has a freakin mind of its own. the road runner is always understable. you have to learn how much arm to put on it. i love it for a tunnel shot where usually i might try to throw my buzz flat and straight, i can hit the gap much more accuratly by throwing the road runner with a bit of hyzer and it will stand up and fly straight and land straight, i just have to be carefull because it will just keep on flying
My Monarch never liked the wind
valkyrie
Double Eagle Member
Mine doesent either
but i like it, i jsut got it 2 days ago and throw it quite a bit. Also got a sidewiner (i hate that thing) and a groove that i love, got em all on tuesday.
Give the Sidewinder away. Its the most unpredicable disc I have ever thrown, The Roadrunner takes a while to break in, but once you do , its a great disc.
valkyrie
Double Eagle Member
haha, my little brother bought it brand new and was sad cause he hated it, so i helped him out and gave him an almost brand new champ beast for it
but, i still got my awesome beast (the one in my pic)Drivers
Star Xcal 175g
Star Destroyer 175g
Star Orc 175g
Champion Orc 156g
Mid
DX Roc 180g
Champion Panther 175g
Putters
SSS Warlock 175g
SSS Warlock 175g
DX Aviar 171g
Omega SS ? 172g I think
DX Sonic 171g
Specialty Discs
Star Max Max Wt
Champion Banshee ? 175g I think
Star Xcal 175g
Star Destroyer 175g
Star Orc 175g
Champion Orc 156g
Mid
DX Roc 180g
Champion Panther 175g
Putters
SSS Warlock 175g
SSS Warlock 175g
DX Aviar 171g
Omega SS ? 172g I think
DX Sonic 171g
Specialty Discs
Star Max Max Wt
Champion Banshee ? 175g I think
Two Questions:
1. Why do you carry so many putters?
2. Why do you call a Banshee a "Specialty disc"?
Thrasher
Newbie
What do you use each of these putters for?
I just got a wizard and it came with a free magic.
OK... so I'm pulling the discs out of my bag now so you know exactly what I have...
Drivers:
172 Star Aviar (Orange)... probably my most used driver (I carry two and I don't putt with them)
171 Star Wraith... my main "driver" driver
175 Star Leopard... #2 most used driver
162 Champ Beast... #3 most used - use it for almost all sidearm shots
171 Star Road Runner... only used for anny's
172 Champ Monster... only used for extreme turn shots
Upshot:
The previously mentioned beast for sidearm upshots
175 Omega Super-Soft 1.12... my go to upshot disc when I need it to stick and not skip or roll
175 DX Aviar... a little longer than the Omega
Putter:
An "old" soft Aviar/Omega??? (tourney stamp... 1997). Sticky.
DSCJNKY
Drivers:
172 Star Aviar (Orange)... probably my most used driver (I carry two and I don't putt with them)
171 Star Wraith... my main "driver" driver
175 Star Leopard... #2 most used driver
162 Champ Beast... #3 most used - use it for almost all sidearm shots
171 Star Road Runner... only used for anny's
172 Champ Monster... only used for extreme turn shots
Upshot:
The previously mentioned beast for sidearm upshots
175 Omega Super-Soft 1.12... my go to upshot disc when I need it to stick and not skip or roll
175 DX Aviar... a little longer than the Omega
Putter:
An "old" soft Aviar/Omega??? (tourney stamp... 1997). Sticky.
DSCJNKY
mambrose
Double Eagle Member
Drivers
- 172 Star Wraith
- 174 Champ boss
- 167 Champ Starfire
Fairway
-172 Star TL
-171 Star TL
mid range
- 180 DX roc
Putters
- 170 Hydra
- 172 Star Wraith
- 174 Champ boss
- 167 Champ Starfire
Fairway
-172 Star TL
-171 Star TL
mid range
- 180 DX roc
Putters
- 170 Hydra
No putters - see putter help thread
[*]ESP avenger 173
[*]ESP avenger 150 ( workin on it)
[*] z. Avenger 174
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[*] z. Glide 177
[*] z. Cyclone 172
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[*] D. Drone 172
[*]ESP torque 170 (L.E.)
[*]ESP buzzz 174
[*] z. Buzzz 174
[*]Crystal buzzz 173-178
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[*]ESP avenger 173
[*]ESP avenger 150 ( workin on it)
[*] z. Avenger 174
[/LIST]
- z. Avenger ss 173
- z. Wildcat 174
- z. Talon 167 (discontinued)
- z. Talon 174 (discontinued)
- z. XL 173
- z. XS 173
- z. Tracker 172
- z. Stalker 174 (1st run)
- z. Glide 170
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[*] z. Glide 177
[*] z. Cyclone 172
[*]-------------
[*] D. Drone 172
[*]ESP torque 170 (L.E.)
[*]ESP buzzz 174
[*] z. Buzzz 174
[*]Crystal buzzz 173-178
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ronhoffman2
Newbie
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2009
- Messages
- 35
I'm a Noob, but here is my bag and why i carry what i do:
Gorilla Boy Silverback
Drivers:
Discraft Avenger SS ESP FLX 169g - Go To "long" driver
Discraft Surge ESP 166g - Long driver for when i need more fade at the end
Discraft X-Clone 172g - Over water and risky drives
Discraft XL Pro-D 170g - For straight and/or tight drives
Discraft Xpress 169g - For tight drives when i need a little fade at the end
Innova Archangel 147g - For dogleg rights and holding nice annies
Fairway Drivers:
Discraft Impact ESP 169g - Go To Fairway, straight as an arrow
Innova Teebird DX 175g - #2 fairway disc
Innova TL Star 175g - fairway disc when a nice fade is needed
Innova Viper DX 177g - when i want big fade in a short distance
Quest Scream SRP 169g - back-up fairway disc
Mid-Range:
Innova Skeeter First Run DX 175g - Go To mid. Straight as an arrow
Innova Skeeter Star 175g - #2 mid-range
Discraft Comet Elite-z 168g - Tomahawks and some approach shots
Innova Kite star 164g - back-up mid-range
Putt:
Innova XD DX 175g - approaches and putts 25'+
Discraft Soft Magnet Pro-D 175g - putts within 25'
Extras:
(2) 34 oz. Fade Gear Nalgene bottles of water
(2) golf towels - 1 for my face, 1 for muddy discs
cigar cutter, lighter and cigars
dog treats for any passing pups
phone
band-aids
cricket ball - for getting discs out of trees
truck keys
gum
scorecards and pens
rulebook
PDGA card
pocket knife
Gorilla Boy Silverback
Drivers:
Discraft Avenger SS ESP FLX 169g - Go To "long" driver
Discraft Surge ESP 166g - Long driver for when i need more fade at the end
Discraft X-Clone 172g - Over water and risky drives
Discraft XL Pro-D 170g - For straight and/or tight drives
Discraft Xpress 169g - For tight drives when i need a little fade at the end
Innova Archangel 147g - For dogleg rights and holding nice annies
Fairway Drivers:
Discraft Impact ESP 169g - Go To Fairway, straight as an arrow
Innova Teebird DX 175g - #2 fairway disc
Innova TL Star 175g - fairway disc when a nice fade is needed
Innova Viper DX 177g - when i want big fade in a short distance
Quest Scream SRP 169g - back-up fairway disc
Mid-Range:
Innova Skeeter First Run DX 175g - Go To mid. Straight as an arrow
Innova Skeeter Star 175g - #2 mid-range
Discraft Comet Elite-z 168g - Tomahawks and some approach shots
Innova Kite star 164g - back-up mid-range
Putt:
Innova XD DX 175g - approaches and putts 25'+
Discraft Soft Magnet Pro-D 175g - putts within 25'
Extras:
(2) 34 oz. Fade Gear Nalgene bottles of water
(2) golf towels - 1 for my face, 1 for muddy discs
cigar cutter, lighter and cigars
dog treats for any passing pups
phone
band-aids
cricket ball - for getting discs out of trees
truck keys
gum
scorecards and pens
rulebook
PDGA card
pocket knife
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- Joined
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- Messages
- 622
PUTT:
Blowfly2
Putt Drive:
Challenger
Mid/Straight n Fade:
Buzz
Mid/Straight or Turn-over:
Meteor
Fairway Drive:
JLS
Control Drive:
Orion LS
Avenger
Headwind Drive:
Orion LF
Tailwind Bomb:
Diablo DT
Flash
Turn over Drive:
Avenger SS
Roller:
Xpress
Flick Drive:
Surge (an over-stable aqua-teal oddity)
Thumber / Tomahawk:
Rogue
Blowfly2
Putt Drive:
Challenger
Mid/Straight n Fade:
Buzz
Mid/Straight or Turn-over:
Meteor
Fairway Drive:
JLS
Control Drive:
Orion LS
Avenger
Headwind Drive:
Orion LF
Tailwind Bomb:
Diablo DT
Flash
Turn over Drive:
Avenger SS
Roller:
Xpress
Flick Drive:
Surge (an over-stable aqua-teal oddity)
Thumber / Tomahawk:
Rogue
Distance Drivers:
172 Latitude 64 Vision (hyzer flip bombs, 300+ only)
167 Innova 11x Firebird (forehands, headwind)
167 Innova CE Firebird (trick shots, tommies)
Fairway Drivers:
150 Innova 11x TeeBird (downwind)
169 Innova 11x TeeBird (main driver)
175 Innova 11x TeeBird (headwind driver)
174 Innova QJLS (hyzerflips, annies, rollers)
Midrange:
176 Latitude 64 Core (workhorse)
172 Latitude 64 Core (sidekick)
177 Discraft Meteor (annies, rollers)
Putters:
174 Latitude 64 Sinus SP (beat) my buddy
174 Latitude 64 Sinus SP (newer)
174 Latitude 64 Sinus AP (long approaches, shot drives)
169 Latitude 64 Sinus AP (for test the limits of my drive)
I have another 200 plus discs I can work in and out of my bag, but this is what I am sticking with....through August anyway.
172 Latitude 64 Vision (hyzer flip bombs, 300+ only)
167 Innova 11x Firebird (forehands, headwind)
167 Innova CE Firebird (trick shots, tommies)
Fairway Drivers:
150 Innova 11x TeeBird (downwind)
169 Innova 11x TeeBird (main driver)
175 Innova 11x TeeBird (headwind driver)
174 Innova QJLS (hyzerflips, annies, rollers)
Midrange:
176 Latitude 64 Core (workhorse)
172 Latitude 64 Core (sidekick)
177 Discraft Meteor (annies, rollers)
Putters:
174 Latitude 64 Sinus SP (beat) my buddy
174 Latitude 64 Sinus SP (newer)
174 Latitude 64 Sinus AP (long approaches, shot drives)
169 Latitude 64 Sinus AP (for test the limits of my drive)
I have another 200 plus discs I can work in and out of my bag, but this is what I am sticking with....through August anyway.
My bag changes depending on what course I am playing.
I do however always carry these...
171g Star Skeeter (putter)
171g Pro Pig (approach)
175g Star Gator (anny mid rhfh)
180g dx Flat Top Roc (damn near anything, mid, tight drives...etc)
177g dx Ontario Roc (hyzer mid)
180g dx Rancho Roc (all purpose mid)
167g Champ Panther (hard hyzer mid_rhfh)
150g Champ Sidewinder (overhand, get out of trouble)
171g Champ Teebird (when in doubt if I don't think the roc will make it I pull this bad ass out)
167g dx Eagle (slighty overstable from all the trees it has hit, will hold almost any line I can put it on)
160g dx Viking (an incredibly stable workhorse)
From there I switch out depending on if a course has several left turns or right turns. I can fill out with the following....champ sidewinder, champ beast, star TL, star Wraith, 150 champ valk (which goes almost anywhere when the wind is calm), champ eagle, dx banshee(if I had more room I would carry it everywhere), and then I have some heavy valks, starfires, teebirds and such for those really windy days.
I do however always carry these...
171g Star Skeeter (putter)
171g Pro Pig (approach)
175g Star Gator (anny mid rhfh)
180g dx Flat Top Roc (damn near anything, mid, tight drives...etc)
177g dx Ontario Roc (hyzer mid)
180g dx Rancho Roc (all purpose mid)
167g Champ Panther (hard hyzer mid_rhfh)
150g Champ Sidewinder (overhand, get out of trouble)
171g Champ Teebird (when in doubt if I don't think the roc will make it I pull this bad ass out)
167g dx Eagle (slighty overstable from all the trees it has hit, will hold almost any line I can put it on)
160g dx Viking (an incredibly stable workhorse)
From there I switch out depending on if a course has several left turns or right turns. I can fill out with the following....champ sidewinder, champ beast, star TL, star Wraith, 150 champ valk (which goes almost anywhere when the wind is calm), champ eagle, dx banshee(if I had more room I would carry it everywhere), and then I have some heavy valks, starfires, teebirds and such for those really windy days.
runnaman
Eagle Member
Bag - Fade Crunch Box
Distance Drivers
- Elite Z Surge 171 (New) - Distance drives with some fade
- DX Destroyer 171 (working on working it in for hyzer flips and max distance.
- Champion Starfire 171 (Like new) - Forehand flex shots.
- Star Valkyrie 169 (Like new) - Will be replaced by the Destroyer hopefully
- Champion Firebird 147 (Like new) - Tumbers
- Champion Teebird 170 (Like new) - Shorter straight forehands with little fade
Mid Range
- DX Whippet 170 (Like new) - Dogleg left shots with big skips
- R-Pro Skeeter 172 (Used) - Straight short drives
- Pro-D Buzz 173 (Used) - S-turn drives
- DX Roc 180 (Like new) - Sidearm approach, small fade drives
Putter
- DX Classic Roc 170? (Used) - Long putts
- DX Rhyno 174 (New) - Main putter
Distance Drivers
- Elite Z Surge 171 (New) - Distance drives with some fade
- DX Destroyer 171 (working on working it in for hyzer flips and max distance.
- Champion Starfire 171 (Like new) - Forehand flex shots.
- Star Valkyrie 169 (Like new) - Will be replaced by the Destroyer hopefully
- Champion Firebird 147 (Like new) - Tumbers
- Champion Teebird 170 (Like new) - Shorter straight forehands with little fade
Mid Range
- DX Whippet 170 (Like new) - Dogleg left shots with big skips
- R-Pro Skeeter 172 (Used) - Straight short drives
- Pro-D Buzz 173 (Used) - S-turn drives
- DX Roc 180 (Like new) - Sidearm approach, small fade drives
Putter
- DX Classic Roc 170? (Used) - Long putts
- DX Rhyno 174 (New) - Main putter
ChaseTheAce
Double Eagle Member
*=favorite discs
Putters:
175 SS Voodoo* (go to putter)
174 S Voodoo (for drives)
172 ESP Zone* (go to hyzer disc for 250' and less)
175 Pro Line Rhyno (just recently for short approaches and hyzers)
Mids:
180 Star Rancho Baby Roc* (money overstable control)
180 DX Rancho Roc (Straight control)
180 R-Pro Ontario Roc (huge anny shots)
178 Champ Glo Coyote* (straight, annys)
177 FLX Drone (hyzers or skips)
176 E Warrior (just added, very nice overstable mid)
178 Pro Line Element (just added, super understable)
Fairway:
174 Star TL* (seasoned, go to disc, fades right)
175 Star TL (new, still stable)
175 CE TL (distance TL, straight)
174 Champ TL (understable sidearm shots)
175 10x KC Teebird (recently added, it's beat and controllable)
175 DX Teebird (comes in and out the bag, incredibly understable)
172 11x KC Eagle (my "overstable Teebird")
Drivers:
175 Pro Candy Firebird*(my go to control sidearm disc)
171 Star Roadrunner (shots ending right, rolling)
173 CFR Wraith* (big distance turnover driver)
174 ESP Surge (Stable Driver)
169 Star Destroyer* (huge distance control driver)
172 CFR Destroyer* (sidearm control, S curves)
175 Star Destroyer (stable sidearm shots, hyzers, skips)
175 Star Xcal (big hyzers, thow anny for distance shots)
Miscellaneous Discs that go in and out of the bag:
175 DX Aviar - (gummy, flippy short control drives)
180 DX Stingray (control backhand rollers)
175 Z XS (control thumbers)
172 CFR TeeRex-X (stable distance drives)
175-180 Various Rocs (San Marino, Ontario, Rancho. DX, KC, Champ, Star)
My simplified game would be:
Voodoo, Roc, TL, Wraith, Destroyer
Putters:
175 SS Voodoo* (go to putter)
174 S Voodoo (for drives)
172 ESP Zone* (go to hyzer disc for 250' and less)
175 Pro Line Rhyno (just recently for short approaches and hyzers)
Mids:
180 Star Rancho Baby Roc* (money overstable control)
180 DX Rancho Roc (Straight control)
180 R-Pro Ontario Roc (huge anny shots)
178 Champ Glo Coyote* (straight, annys)
177 FLX Drone (hyzers or skips)
176 E Warrior (just added, very nice overstable mid)
178 Pro Line Element (just added, super understable)
Fairway:
174 Star TL* (seasoned, go to disc, fades right)
175 Star TL (new, still stable)
175 CE TL (distance TL, straight)
174 Champ TL (understable sidearm shots)
175 10x KC Teebird (recently added, it's beat and controllable)
175 DX Teebird (comes in and out the bag, incredibly understable)
172 11x KC Eagle (my "overstable Teebird")
Drivers:
175 Pro Candy Firebird*(my go to control sidearm disc)
171 Star Roadrunner (shots ending right, rolling)
173 CFR Wraith* (big distance turnover driver)
174 ESP Surge (Stable Driver)
169 Star Destroyer* (huge distance control driver)
172 CFR Destroyer* (sidearm control, S curves)
175 Star Destroyer (stable sidearm shots, hyzers, skips)
175 Star Xcal (big hyzers, thow anny for distance shots)
Miscellaneous Discs that go in and out of the bag:
175 DX Aviar - (gummy, flippy short control drives)
180 DX Stingray (control backhand rollers)
175 Z XS (control thumbers)
172 CFR TeeRex-X (stable distance drives)
175-180 Various Rocs (San Marino, Ontario, Rancho. DX, KC, Champ, Star)
My simplified game would be:
Voodoo, Roc, TL, Wraith, Destroyer
