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

The Kastaplast Stig is a 6-speed understable midrange. With published flight numbers of 6 / 5 / -2 / 1, it is most often described as suited for hyzer-flip lines down narrow wooded fairways, long turnovers that finish right for a rhbh thrower.

Overview

The Kastaplast Stig is a 6/5/-2/1 understable midrange driver. Kastaplast positions it squarely against its own overstable mid: “the Stig is a midrange driver in the same family as the Kaxe but more understable and with less fade,” filed on the store under Disc Type: Midrange Driver and marketed for “shape shots and tailwind drives.”[2] The PDGA approved it on 27 February 2023 under certification number 23-62 and measures it at 21.1 cm diameter, 1.9 cm height, 1.2 cm rim depth and a 1.6 cm rim, with a 175.1 g maximum weight.[1] That 1.6 cm rim is wide relative to the disc's small 21.1 cm diameter, which is what gives the Stig more reach than a conventional midrange profile.[1]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Kastaplast (mfg) 6 5 -2 1 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.

Kastaplast's own pitch is a tight-fairway one: “follow that path! There is no need to be nervous when facing stretchy thin fairways anymore. Use your best touch shot and watch the disc glide and land in circle one.”[2] With -2 turn and only 1 fade, the natural applications are hyzer flips that stand up and ride flat, long turnovers, and tailwind tee shots where a stable mid would fade out early. Developing arms can throw it flat for a straight line at speeds where a Kaxe would still be fading. Kastaplast sells it in three weight brackets — 165–169 g, 170–172 g and 173 g-plus — with the lightest bracket currently unavailable.[2]

Best for:

  • Hyzer-flip lines down narrow wooded fairways
  • Long turnovers that finish right for a RHBH thrower
  • Tailwind tee shots on open midrange holes
  • Low-power straight drives for developing arms

Plastics & variants

The Stig is available in the following plastic blends from Kastaplast:[2]

K1, K1 Soft

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 Stig entered the PDGA approved-disc database on 27 February 2023 as certification 23-62.[1] Kastaplast publishes no release date or designer credit on the product page, so 2023 here is the approval year rather than a documented retail launch.[1][2] The mold is one of six in Kastaplast's current midrange class, listed on the company's own navigation alongside the Gadd, Göte, Kaxe, Nord and Svea — which settles the category question, since the Stig's fairway-width rim leads some retailers to file it as a driver.[3] Kastaplast defines its midrange class as “the disc for smooth tee shots and a faster approach,” which fits the Stig's brief exactly.[3] K1 is the stock plastic, and the same K1 listing carries regrind colourways — Yellow/Regrind, Red/Regrind, Black/Regrind and Blue/Regrind — made from recycled K1 rather than sold as a separate mold.[2] A K1 Soft Stig also exists on Kastaplast's own store, appearing as an X-out run.[4] Kastaplast credits no designer, and no professional is documented bagging the Stig, so no notable throwers are claimed.[2]

Notable throwers

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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. Stig from Kastaplast — PDGA approved-disc record (cert 23-62)
  2. K1 Stig — Kastaplast (official product page)
  3. Tech Info — Kastaplast (official flight-number and disc-class reference)
  4. K1 Soft Stig / X-out — Kastaplast (official product page)

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