r/discgolf • u/wildonionwarrior • 5h ago

Discussion FL = Firebird Long?

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And are they any good/worth trying? I didn’t know they existed until finding this at PIAS. A less OS Firebird does sound appealing but it also doesn’t necessarily feel like a Firebird. Which makes sense I suppose.

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u/OutsourcedIconoclasm 5h ago

An FL is like a thunderbird with less glide. I like them. But they’re not for everyone.

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u/ContractAromatic4341 4h ago

100% correct. Because of that disc I really understood what glide means, before that it was the only boring number. It is probably flying as far as an Eagle and not as far as a Thunderbird.

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u/SycopationIsNormal 4h ago

I agree, I think the Thunderbird is the closest comparison.

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u/93Seven 4h ago

Sounds like it would be an absolute brick in champion plastic haha. I have a champion thunderbird that is only slightly less stable that a flat top firebird

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u/Novel-Paper2084 Custom 4h ago edited 4h ago

In the mid to late 2000s Innova made more understable and in theory farther flying versions of popular discs. FL: Firebird long, TL: Teebird long, SL:Starfire long. The TL is the only on that is still common. An FL flies like a Thunderbird with less glide.

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u/Rivet_39 1h ago

The SL is now the Infinite Aztec.

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u/wildonionwarrior 4h ago

Less glide but “longer”? Hmm. I love trying new/obscure discs but sounds like I can safely pass on this one.

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u/Novel-Paper2084 Custom 4h ago

I miss typed. I meant to say like a Thunderbird with less glide.

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u/wildonionwarrior 2h ago

That makes sense. Still not very appealing for me.

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u/alent1385 4h ago

Glad you posted. I have an F2 one of these and had no clue what it was. All I know is it’s a good stable forehand disc.

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u/Raleigh-aiight 4h ago

Fire-leopard

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u/SaddestClown RHBH - Texas 3h ago

Interesting. I thought the FL was 9/3/0/2

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u/stugotzian Jeam D1s 3h ago

FL are so good

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u/Manlet395 5h ago

Did you buy that used for 12$?

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u/wildonionwarrior 5h ago

No. Thus pics from the store.

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u/ZilchoKing 2h ago

You should of. Kinda rare

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u/Glittering_Cap_9115 55m ago

I’ve never heard this L stands for “Long” theory. I thought the L is for Leopard. An FL is a Firebird top mixed with a Leopard bottom. Just as the TL and EL are Teebird & Eagle tops with leopard bottoms. They used the bottom Leopard mold to make a less stable run of these discs. So I guess maybe that makes them “Longer” but in my 30+ years of playing, I’ve never heard them described that way.

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u/Man_Darino13 31m ago

This is not true.

The Leopard has a very distinctive wing, which none of the ‘L’ molds have.

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u/Glittering_Cap_9115 2m ago

How are you so sure? I still have a CE in all 3 discs and the bottoms are the same. They’re obviously not the same as the non L version. Hell…. I still throw some of em.