dorseymatt
Eagle Member
I got a 134 gram Blizzard Destroyer in the mail over the weekend, and have been throwing it a fair amount since then. Here are my thoughts.
First off -- I throw (RHBH) a 167g Pro Destroyer as my main max-distance driver. Which I can get to a max distance of probably 380. So I am not a big arm, just sort of medium. I probably went a little too light with my Blizzard weight, but I wanted something that could, um, float, I guess.
First throws with this thing -- tons of grip lock issues. Disc would sail far, far to the right, and very, very high up in the air (but always cut hard left at the end). Once I figured out how to throw it without yanking it to the right, I was consistently having the issue of it floating up in the air before cutting very hard left. Despite my fantasies of throwing this thing 450 or 500 feet (haha), it went about as far as my regular Destroyer and appeared to be a LOT more nose angle sensitive.
As I've been throwing it more, I've encountered some conditions where the disc seems to work really well. Namely -- with a tailwind. This eliminates the extreme nose angle sensitivity, and I can somewhat consistently get about 20 extra feet of distance compared to my other Destroyer.
In short: finicky. even in, like 3mph of headwind. very nose angle sensitive -- will rise up on you. Surprisingly stable -- very hard low speed fade. Potentially excellent in a tailwind -- eliminates extreme nose angle sensitivity, goes further, relatively less effort (maybe).
Other notes: this disc has absolutely no bubbles in the flight plate. All of them are in the rim. The rim is absolutely, without a doubt, less durable than normal champion plastic. I would put it more on par with Pro plastic rim durability. Also, very domey -- poppy top.
Kind of confused why the apparent goal is to not have bubbles in the flight plate -- wouldn't less weight in the flight plate make the disc more gyroscopic? What is the rationale here?
First off -- I throw (RHBH) a 167g Pro Destroyer as my main max-distance driver. Which I can get to a max distance of probably 380. So I am not a big arm, just sort of medium. I probably went a little too light with my Blizzard weight, but I wanted something that could, um, float, I guess.
First throws with this thing -- tons of grip lock issues. Disc would sail far, far to the right, and very, very high up in the air (but always cut hard left at the end). Once I figured out how to throw it without yanking it to the right, I was consistently having the issue of it floating up in the air before cutting very hard left. Despite my fantasies of throwing this thing 450 or 500 feet (haha), it went about as far as my regular Destroyer and appeared to be a LOT more nose angle sensitive.
As I've been throwing it more, I've encountered some conditions where the disc seems to work really well. Namely -- with a tailwind. This eliminates the extreme nose angle sensitivity, and I can somewhat consistently get about 20 extra feet of distance compared to my other Destroyer.
In short: finicky. even in, like 3mph of headwind. very nose angle sensitive -- will rise up on you. Surprisingly stable -- very hard low speed fade. Potentially excellent in a tailwind -- eliminates extreme nose angle sensitivity, goes further, relatively less effort (maybe).
Other notes: this disc has absolutely no bubbles in the flight plate. All of them are in the rim. The rim is absolutely, without a doubt, less durable than normal champion plastic. I would put it more on par with Pro plastic rim durability. Also, very domey -- poppy top.
Kind of confused why the apparent goal is to not have bubbles in the flight plate -- wouldn't less weight in the flight plate make the disc more gyroscopic? What is the rationale here?
