Discmania (FD) Jackal

[JR]

thanks guys. i'm gonna stop at Marshall St/Pyramids on friday to pick some up for testing. sPD's, leos and sidewinders have been locked into the bag for a while, hard to see anything pushing them out.

Have you tried the River? TL ain't as fine and some Strikers could work too depending on your needs and preferences.

 

[XCyclone]

Got my production run FD in today (ordered two, but somebody in store snagged the pink one as I ordered), and am surprised that it's almost flat. I thought the nice gradual dome that my DGR FD's have are part of what made the FD the FD. Are all the production ones like this?

 

[mark12b]

My two pink ones have a nice dome.

 

[Spinthrift]

My orange ones are quite domey. The light blue ones I've seen are a good bit flatter.

 

[XCyclone]

My orange ones are quite domey. The light blue ones I've seen are a good bit flatter.

Yup, that's what I got, a light blue.

 

[7ontheline]

The FD dome was the why I chose QJs for workable fairway driver. Flatter FDs would be easier on my wallet, but then again time is money spent tracking down the flatness I prefer.

 

[JR]

I don't have anything but a production one and that is pretty domey. Is there a difference in HSS and LSS between flatter and taller FDs?

 

[mzoro]

Picked up two this weekend. Gonna bring them to the field this week. Threw the tester for a while before deciding to buy. Very leopard like.

 

[Itchy1]

Got a red and a dark blue/purple one. The purple one almost looks like a fairway driver version of a Yeti putter; it has a concave top. Haven't thrown either yet, but I hope to tomorrow/next weekend.

 

[eg37167]

I got one of the orange domey ones at 169. Perhaps it is just me, but me likey!

 

[superdrive]

Max weight orange S-FD was nice flip-to-flat machine but seasoned fast and is pretty flippy now (when thrown with more than 70% power).

C-FD is where it's at IMO. Holds 80% hyzers and flips flat from a slight hyzer at 90%. These things go so far I use them as my main D driver. Pairs up with Eagles really well too. Very impressed!!!

Has anybody seasoned their C-FD?

 

[Fightingthetide1]

So what's the consensus on good FD's? Wondering what weight/color/dome I should look for to find a slightly understable FD around 300' of power (tight s-curve). Or does the fade really kill this disc?

 

[XCyclone]

So what's the consensus on good FD's? Wondering what weight/color/dome I should look for to find a slightly understable FD around 300' of power (tight s-curve). Or does the fade really kill this disc?

Not sure if you're going to get an answer to this yet, people are probably still beating theirs in. I like mine that's orange and domey. I figure that since the dome is so unusual on these, it's supposed to be there. I have around the same power, and for me, it's not really an understable disc. The one I throw is the S line DGR stamp (probably the same as the stock stamp domey ones), 169g and straight stable. Fade doesn't kill this disc because it doesn't fade much, follows a shallow anhyzer really well.

 

[Carter]

Wondering what weight/color/dome I should look for to find a slightly understable FD around 300' of power (tight s-curve). Or does the fade really kill this disc?

I have a white 168g with an even, moderate dome and it flips flat and flies really straight with a little bit of fade. Given it a little bit of anny release and it will do a really nice shallow s-curve. I didn't really feel compelled to try the fd, but did anyways and it has been a good compliment to my eagles.

 

[Loop]

C-line FD is the best disc I have ever thrown, period.

nuff said. 8)

 

[JR]

C-line FD is the best disc I have ever thrown, period.

nuff said. 8)

How does it differ in shape from production S-Lines and does it differ in flight lines? My S 175 fades twice as much as a C leo or even more. It has a really tall dome and i think it could be a lemon differing from others. And it flips more than a Leo c 175 much more.

 

[Loop]

C-line FD is the best disc I have ever thrown, period.

nuff said. 8)

How does it differ in shape from production S-Lines and does it differ in flight lines? My S 175 fades twice as much as a C leo or even more. It has a really tall dome and i think it could be a lemon differing from others. And it flips more than a Leo c 175 much more.

Mine is an orange one. Pretty tall dome, nice stiff, yet surprisingly grippy plastic... A lot grippier than the S-line at least. 8)
The fade is pretty much non-existent, then again I haven't thrown Leos much, but think of a seasoned Star TL.
Handles a lot more power than the S-line. And glides on forever. :shock: I mean, I can get this disc go a lot further than a PD, with less power.
I don't know how it will work for others, but for me this disc is da bomb. Long, dead straight shots, with almost no fade = Perfection.

 

[JR]

Leo is much straighter than the TL and the S FD i have fades about identical to my TLs. So out semantics vary. Sidewinder and River fade significantly less than the FD i have. In Teebird era the FD would have been the benchmark for straightness of flight in drivers but not any more. So i understand why some call the FD straight. I call it straightish belonging to the same camp as MJLS and TL fade wise.

 

[zj10021]

Since I couldn't find any c-fd's anymore I tried out an interesting combo on the driving range this morning

Champion ArchAngel and S-FD. they compliment each other really well. They have the same top and really the speed 7/8 difference isn't noticeable. Just figured put that thought in folks minds as nice stable version of the FD

 

[slowarm]

Champ Archangel, what? I thought these were made only in dx.