Axiom Panic

The Axiom Panic is a 13-speed very overstable distance driver. With published flight numbers of 13 / 4 / -0.5 / 3, it is most often described as suited for headwind tee shots, forehand drives with heavy torque.

Overview

The Panic is Axiom's overstable speed-13 distance driver, rated 13 / 4 / -0.5 / 3 on the company's page.^[1] It anchors the overstable end of Axiom's 23mm distance class, which the brand lists in stability order as Panic, Mayhem, Tenacity.^[1] Like the rest of MVP's 23mm drivers it carries a pronounced dome, which Axiom says is there to promote distance-covering glide.^[2] PDGA measurements put it at 21.1cm across and 1.7cm tall on a 2.4cm rim, capped at 175.1 grams.^[3] Axiom's own framing: expert throwers get a disc that stays stable into a headwind, average throwers get a fully turn-resistant high-speed option.^[2]

Flight characteristics

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.

Recommended uses

The Panic is a headwind and utility driver rather than a distance one. Axiom splits it by arm speed, describing it as a useful utility driver for high-power throwers and an extremely overstable flight for everyone else.^[1] Its overstability holds it on any hyzer line and lets it flex back from a steep anhyzer release.^[1] For most players a 13-speed with a 3 fade and almost no turn spends its flight finishing rather than carrying, so bag it for the shots you need shaped, not the ones you need long.

Best for:

• Headwind tee shots
• Forehand drives with heavy torque
• Steep anhyzer flex shots
• Spike hyzers off the tee

Plastics & variants

The Panic is available in the following plastic blends from Axiom:^[1]

Neutron, Prism 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

The PDGA approved the Panic on April 3, 2017 under certification 17-45, and published an announcement three days later written by Chuck Kennedy.^[2][3] Axiom described the Panic in that announcement as the overstable model of a three-model 23mm class planned for 2017, debuting in Neutron plastic, and placed it as more overstable than the MVP Octane but not as extreme as the MVP Nitro.^[2] The current product page has drifted from that framing and now compares the Panic to a seasoned, meaning beaten-in, Nitro — a comparison that sits awkwardly against the 2017 line.^[1][2] Neutron remains the stock plastic, with Prism Neutron the premium variant; Infinite Discs lists those two and no others for the mold.^[1][4] Axiom does not credit an individual designer, and the players it lists throwing the Panic are team ambassadors rather than touring professionals.^[1]

Notable throwers

Currently no information

How it compares

How the Panic lines up against the discs players most often weigh it against, using each manufacturer's published flight numbers.

References & further reading

• How to read disc golf flight numbers — Discpedia primer
• PDGA Approved Disc List — search for "Panic" to find the Axiom Panic entry (PDGA-approved 2017)
• Axiom official site — manufacturer product page

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. Panic — Axiom Discs
2. Headwinds? Panic Attacks! — PDGA
3. Panic from Axiom Discs — PDGA
4. Axiom Panic — Infinite Discs

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