Last updated: October 15, 2026
When Discraft unveiled Project C90 ahead of the 2026 PDGA World Championships, the experiment started with three familiar discs: the Luna, Buzzz, and Heat. Each was reworked into a smaller format measuring 90 percent of the circumference of its original mold.
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At the time, the bigger question was whether C90 would remain an unusual three-disc experiment or develop into something more.
We may now have the first part of that answer – Discraft has expanded Project C90 with a fourth disc: The C90 Terminator.
From Luna, Buzzz and Heat to Terminator
Project C90 was created around a simple but surprisingly fundamental question: could a smaller-format disc still produce legitimate, consistent, competitive flight?
The original lineup gave Discraft three very different test subjects. The Luna covered putt-and-approach shots, the Buzzz provided a familiar midrange reference point, and the Heat introduced driver speed into the experiment. Discraft describes all three as 90 percent of the circumference of their respective parent molds and currently lists Project C90 as an active experiment seeking PDGA approval.
The Terminator takes that experiment into more aggressive territory.
Discraft introduced the C90 Terminator during the 2026 USDGC and Throw Pink championship week at Winthrop, making it available at its Flymart on October 10 while supplies lasted. The company describes it as a compact version that brings the C90 concept to its powerful distance driver. It even comes with its own “Mini Terminator” character.
Why the C90 Terminator is particularly interesting
The parent Terminator is very different from the original C90 lineup.
It is designed as an overstable distance driver for players who need a disc capable of handling torque, wind and powerful throws. Discraft says the Terminator had been tested by Team Discraft throughout 2026 before its release.
That makes reducing it to the C90 format a particularly interesting test.
The Heat already showed that Project C90 could move beyond putters and midranges, but the Terminator pushes the concept toward a considerably more demanding type of driver. The real question is no longer simply whether a smaller disc can fly well. It is whether the characteristics of a powerful distance driver can successfully translate to the reduced C90 platform.
For now, Discraft has not published detailed specifications, flight numbers or a wider release plan for the C90 Terminator in its announcement. What it has confirmed is arguably more important: Project C90 is continuing beyond the original three discs.
Project C90 is starting to look like more than a one-off experiment
When we first looked at Project C90 and why Discraft shrunk the disc, one of the biggest unanswered questions was where the idea could go next. The original project was deliberately framed as an experiment, with player feedback intended to help determine its future.
The C90 Terminator does not tell us whether smaller discs will eventually become an established part of disc golf. It does, however, tell us that Discraft is willing to keep exploring the idea.
And perhaps that is the most interesting development of all. Project C90 started with three smaller versions of familiar discs.
Now it is becoming a platform worth watching.
Sources
Discraft: Project C90
Discraft: 2026 USDGC x TPWDGC release information
