i have 168 with some dome and a high plh (for an orbital) been crushing (for me ) some hyzer flip drives that get a nice s curve and going out about 340'. it ia toss between that an a wave as to which is my longest bh flyer right now.
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Threw the Orbital for every drive today... She's finicky, but when you treat her right, holy cow. I was going to pick up a 150's class Orbital, but I feel now that it would be too hard to control. At least for my inconsistent arm. Max weight is golden though.
Are there runs of this disc that are not as understable as what is being described in this thread. I traded for an Neutron Orbital and it is not as understable as I was expecting. I have not thrown it much but today in the field it was flying about the same as my Valk but only much faster. Several different times my Valk went about 330 and the Orbital about 350 on the same general line. I think this disc could be really nice if I keep working with it. I can see why people are saying easy distance but I'm just not seeing the flip. Maybe just not enough power to see it?
Had the Orbital out on the course this morning. Yep, it's as understable as everyone is saying. I'll try it a few more times but I don't think it will make the bag. It became obvious it needs clean power and hyser. Probably rewarded the smoother you can throw it. I'm concerned it will become another squirrelly Katana, Tern etc. that I can't totally depend on at my skill level. I think it takes a lot of skill to properly throw the ultra fast understable drivers.
The orbital for me is more of a specialty shot disc. I would never consider if for a long distance hyzer flip shot, simply because comes out eventually and turns over....big time. So i mostly keep one in the bag for long distance anny shots (I'm LHBH) so it has some use for me. Shorter shots of the same kind I'll use a signal or relay.
Have either of you tried the Orbital as a backhand roller? I found the Orbital to be excellent for that purpose, though not for much else except (as you said) utility purposes...
To give you an idea of my arm speed, I can make a Fission (150g) Photon stand up to flat before fading. It goes a little more than 300'.
I just got a 155g Orbital so I could learn turning shots without having to change my wrist angle too much from a hyzer...even at my power level this thing flips completely over in anything other than a tailwind with extreme hyzer release.
How does this compare to the Catalyst?