I've got two of the Lunar OLF's, and maybe the one I bag is an anomaly? It's 168 and I definitely get it to flip up quite a bit. I did lightly sand off the flashing on the bottom rim. Every other discussion I've seen about them say's they're beefcakes and that hasn't been my experience. They're definitely stable, but I had to put a helio draco back itb for those shots that need more fade.
What flight numbers would you give your 168g one? I'm wondering if there are differences in how they molded up at the lightest available weights below 170 vs. the 170-175.
Sanding the bottom rim likely accelerated the 'beat in' progress a bit compared to just throwing it as an off the shelf the disc and letting that happen naturally.
Would be nice to know your release velocity/max distance/typical distance with 9-10 speeds as well to see if that indicates a power threshold for getting some turn. Do you always throw ~168g as well?
Yup. Very overstable finish late in the flight, but enough inherent turn in the mold that it will flip up a bit thrown hard RHBH, flip up a bit more in a headwind, and can even get away from you if you get over the top on it. Great discs, but not what I want to throw full blast into a headwind.
Same questions as above wrt. typical release speed and weight of your QLOLF. Would you rate it more stable than the 9/5/-1/2 flight numbers suggest? The most recent Standard/Sirius/Quantum stock runs have been less overstable w/ more high speed turn off the shelf than in the past. I'm curious if a slight tweak to the mold (or new mold piece replacements) was made to make a bigger gap between Orion LF and Draco and the old mold was used for this Lunar run.
I've gotten a few more rounds in with the 171g QLOLF and it is still holding up as stable (9/5/0/2+) with solid distance into headwinds (375'+). I have to give it a bit of anhyzer to see turn with some headwind assistance (>10mph) so I'd say if you are 70mph+ release velocity you'll see some turn. Otherwise it fights to flat and starts fading in a predictable & usable flight which is what I want in a control driver. My comparison tests with a somewhat fresh Dark Maul II PD (flat/puddle topped 171g) I noticed more glide with the QLOLF. Still seeing more fade than the 1.6 QOLF so it will slot above that for now.
I was also able to find a new 175g flat light blue 1.5 SOLF with a tournament stamp while travelling to OK and it flies just like my 170-171g from the same run did when new.
My 9 speed lineup has been this for a couple years now:
175g 1.4 Q Draco > 171g 1.6 QOLF > 171g 1.5 SOLF > 175g Champ Roadrunner > 175g Star Roadrunner
I'm planning for the new 171g QLOLF and 175g SOLF to slot in around either side of the 1.6 QOLF. Late Fall to Spring bring windier Midwest conditions here and I typically reduce my usage of distance drivers (shorter layouts generally) for BH so a bigger lineup of control drivers helps.