Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Flight characteristics
  3. Recommended uses
  4. Plastics & variants
  5. History
  6. Notable throwers
  7. Similar discs

The Latitude 64 Culverin is a 9-speed overstable fairway driver. With published flight numbers of 9 / 5 / -0.5 / 3, it is most often described as suited for long s-curves that need a strong finish, dependable fairway fade in wind.

Overview

The Latitude 64 Culverin is an overstable fairway driver currently rated 9/5/-0.5/3.[3] Latitude 64 positions it deliberately between two extremes: “a lot of fairway drivers fly too straight, and a lot of them are too overstable. The Culverin fits right between those two segments.”[3] For advanced players the first half of the flight runs straight before a dependable fade. Note that the original 2016 release copy quoted by the PDGA listed the turn as 0 rather than -0.5, so the −0.5 figure appears to be a later official revision rather than an error.[2][3]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Latitude 64 (mfg) 9 5 -0.5 3 Published spec
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Flight numbers describe the published behavior of the disc when thrown at its design speed. Real-world flight varies with plastic, weight, age, and thrower power. The community-averaged numbers above reflect crowd-sourced observations from real throws — typically slightly more understable than the manufacturer's published values, which is the most consistent pattern across nearly every commercial mold.

Latitude 64's own guidance is long S-curves finishing with a strong fade, slightly overstable fairway shots and consistent tee shots — plus cycling multiple discs of different stabilities through a bag.[2][3] It is filed as an Expert-level mold, so it rewards arm speed: a 9-speed with a 2.0 cm rim and a 3 fade will hyzer out early for lower-power throwers. It is a good headwind fairway option and a natural forehand disc.[3]

Best for:

  • Long S-curves that need a strong finish
  • Dependable fairway fade in wind
  • Forehand approach drives inside 300 ft
  • Cycling stabilities alongside straighter fairway drivers

Plastics & variants

The Culverin is available in the following plastic blends from Latitude 64:[3]

Opto, Opto Ice, Opto Air, Opto-X, Gold Line, Opto Moonshine, Recycled

Plastic blend significantly affects flight character. Premium plastics like Champion, Z, or C-Line generally fly more overstable when fresh and hold their stability over time. Base plastics like DX, Pro, or Active beat in faster and become more understable workhorses with use.

History

The PDGA approved the Culverin on January 15, 2016 under certification number 16-04, and the PDGA published its “Fire Away with Culverin” release announcement on January 8, 2016 — that announcement states approval as of January 7, which conflicts with the January 15 date in the PDGA's own database; the database record is the canonical one.[1][2] A second data problem is worth flagging: Latitude 64's Opto-Ice Culverin product page carries a “PDGA Specifications” block showing certification 08-32 and an approval date of November 12, 2008, with dimensions that do not match this mold at all — an apparent store-template error. Use the PDGA database figures.[1][4] The Culverin's production status is contested. Latitude 64's own disc directory still lists it as a current overstable fairway driver and the Opto-Ice run remains for sale, but Infinite Discs marks the mold out of production, and a January 2025 Latitude 64 retirement email circulated on Disc Golf Course Review names the Culverin among molds being retired.[5][6] No designer credit appears on any official page.[3]

Notable throwers

Currently no information

Similar discs

References & further reading

Sources

Content on this page has been cross-checked against the following sources. Numbered citations in the prose above link to the matching entry here.

  1. Culverin from Latitude 64 — PDGA Equipment Certification (approved 2016-01-15, cert 16-04)
  2. Fire Away with Culverin (2016-01-08) — PDGA announcement
  3. Culverin — Latitude 64 official mold page
  4. Opto-Ice Culverin — Latitude 64 official product page
  5. Latitude 64 Culverin flight chart — Disc Golf Puttheads
  6. Latitude 64 Culverin mold page — Infinite Discs

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