The Discraft Big Z Raptor is a flat, overstable control driver that holds its line in any wind, built here in Discraft's rugged Big Z plastic.

Flight Numbers: 9 / 4 / 0 / 3

Big Z gives the Raptor a stiff, pearly finish that shrugs off tree strikes and keeps its overstable fade for years, which matters on a disc you will throw into technical, high-fade situations on purpose. It beats in gradually, so this is a plastic you can buy today and still be throwing confidently five seasons from now.

Thrown on a hyzer it stays on that hyzer the whole way for tight distance control, and even in a stiff headwind it will not flip flat the way lighter fairway drivers do. The flat top and shallow rim make it one of the more comfortable overstable drivers to forehand, and good arm speed players use it as a beginning forehand disc for exactly that reason.

Expect it to finish 10 to 20 feet further left than a stable control driver like an Undertaker or Vulture. It is built for technical lines that need a hard, reliable fade more than it is built for raw distance.

Want the same flight in a grippier premium plastic? The ESP Raptor gives you more traction in the hand. Prefer a flexible blend for cold rounds? The ESP FLX Raptor stays grippy when it is cold out. See more in the Raptor collection.

Speed 9, glide 4, turn 0, fade 3. Diameter 21.30 cm, rim width 1.90 cm, max weight 176 g.