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

The Streamline Flare is a 9-speed overstable distance driver. With published flight numbers of 9 / 4 / 0 / 3.5, it is most often described as suited for headwind drives that must not turn over, forehand approach shots from 250 to 350 feet.

Overview

The Streamline Flare is an overstable speed-9 driver rated 9/4/0/3.5.[3] Streamline describes it as “designed for flights with a minimal turn, ending with a powerfully overstable finish, and a reserved glide to prevent going long on the approach.”[3] It opened Streamline’s 19mm rim class and, in the company’s own words, “is the first Streamline Speed 9 disc” — a claim Streamline also made in its PDGA announcement, so it is manufacturer-stated rather than retailer folklore.[3][2] Unlike MVP and Axiom molds, the Flare is a single-piece disc with no GYRO overmold.[5] The PDGA measured it at 21.2cm across, 1.8cm tall, with a 2.0cm rim and a 176.0g maximum.[1]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Streamline (mfg) 9 4 0 3.5 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.

The Flare is a wind and utility driver. Streamline pitches it at players “looking for something that can handle even the highest power throws, fighting the strongest winds, or for a wide range of utility shots.”[3] The low glide is deliberate — it is built to stop rather than float past the target on an upshot.[3] With zero turn and 3.5 fade this is not a distance disc for a developing arm; forehand players and anyone needing a dependable hyzer finish will get more from it.[2][3]

Best for:

  • Headwind drives that must not turn over
  • Forehand approach shots from 250 to 350 feet
  • Utility hyzers around a guarded pin
  • Spike hyzers that need to stop where they land

Plastics & variants

The Flare is available in the following plastic blends from Streamline:[3]

Neutron, Cosmic Neutron

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

Streamline Discs launched in January 2017 as MVP’s single-piece brand, announced as “familiar plastics, exciting solo-mold designs, stock multi-foil stamps — all at lower prices than anyone,” with MVP noting that its plastics “will continue under Streamline, though without the GYRO overmold.”[5] The Flare arrived two years later. The PDGA certified it on 24 February 2019 as certification 19-21, then published Streamline’s launch copy on 26 March 2019 — an announcement that dates the approval to 2-27-2019, three days off the PDGA’s own certification record.[1][2] Retail release followed on 8 April 2019, in Neutron and Cosmic Neutron simultaneously, alongside a Special Edition triple-foil Neutron carrying artwork by MVP artist Mike Inscho.[4] Inscho drew the stamp; no mold designer has ever been credited.[4] Two data errors are worth noting. Streamline’s own spec table lists the PDGA maximum weight as 175g against the certified 176.0g, and its “Flare in the Bag” table — which lists Aidan Guthrie in Neutron at 175g, Andrew Johnson in Cosmic Neutron at 175g, and Michael Ramanauskas — renders with duplicated cells and mislabeled bag links, so it is best read as manufacturer-asserted rather than current.[3][1]

Notable throwers

Aidan Guthrie, Andrew Johnson, Michael Ramanauskas

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. Flare from Streamline Discs — PDGA Technical Standards
  2. New Disc Approved: Flare from Streamline Discs — PDGA Announcements
  3. Flare — Streamline Discs
  4. April 2019 Release — Streamline Discs
  5. Streamline Discs Announcement — MVP Disc Sports

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