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

The Innova TeeBird3 is a 8-speed stable to overstable fairway driver. With published flight numbers of 8 / 4 / 0 / 2, it is most often described as suited for point-and-shoot fairway drives at a specific target, flat, torque-resistant forehand drives.

Overview

The Innova TeeBird3 is the 'faster TeeBird': an 8-speed fairway driver rated 8/4/0/2 that keeps the original's trusted turn and fade while trading glide for speed.[2] Innova calls it 'a point and shoot, target specific fairway driver' whose flat flight plate promotes speed and produces consistent, accurate flights.[2] IsaacSam notes that the flatness makes it a better sidearm disc than the original TeeBird, and that the added speed means it can outfly the original as well.[1] Remarkably for a remold of a legend, it became roughly as popular as the disc it evolved from.[1]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Innova (mfg) 8 4 0 2 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 TeeBird3 is for players who love the TeeBird's reliability but want a flatter, faster package: aim-small fairway drives, forehand shots that need torque resistance, and straight power lines with a modest, dependable fade.[1][2] Reviewers describe a long straight flight before a smooth late fade, making it a control-first choice rather than a distance disc.[4] Star, Halo Star, GStar, Champion, Metal Flake, and DX runs are available; newer players do best with DX or lighter Star weights.[2][4]

Best for:

  • Point-and-shoot fairway drives at a specific target
  • Flat, torque-resistant forehand drives
  • Straight power shots that outfly the original TeeBird
  • Controlled drives in moderate wind

Plastics & variants

The TeeBird3 is available in the following plastic blends from Innova:[2]

Star, Halo Star, GStar, Champion, Metal Flake, DX

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 TeeBird3 is part of Innova's '3-Series' program of flattened, faster remolds of classic molds. The PDGA database shows it approved on August 29, 2017 (certification 17-98) — the date the 3-Series molds were certified en masse — while IsaacSam records that the TeeBird3 actually reached players in 2014.[1][3] Innova's own product page confusingly lists a 1999 approval date, which belongs to the original TeeBird.[2][3] Both the X-wing and L-wing TeeBirds proved popular enough to earn '3' versions, and the TeeBird3 has appeared in numerous pro bags: Ricky Wysocki (signature series), Anthony Barela (tour series), and Paul McBeth (tour series, during his Innova years) all threw it.[1]

Notable throwers

Ricky Wysocki, Anthony Barela

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. "Every Single Innova Disc" series (2017 TeeBird3 & TL3 chapter) — u/IsaacSam98 on r/discgolf
  2. TeeBird3 — Innova Disc Golf (official product page)
  3. Teebird 3 — PDGA Equipment Certification (approved 2017-08-29, cert 17-98)
  4. Innova Teebird3 — Overstable Fairway Driver — 1010 Discs

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