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Title: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: drewsbow on May 05, 2008, 08:41:00 PM
I ordered some 2" rayzr feathers and they came in today . If I hold the feather looking back to front and they turn left . This I think indicates left wing correct? These are supposed to be right wing or do I have it backwards ?  Thanks for the help .  Drew
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: Kip on May 05, 2008, 08:48:00 PM
Look at the quill if it is on the left side or a backwards L from the back it is right wing.Kip
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: Hatrick on May 05, 2008, 08:48:00 PM
Drew, looking back to front if the heavy part of the guill lays on the left hand side of the feather they are right wing. If the quill lays on the right hand side of the feather they are left wing.
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: Hatrick on May 05, 2008, 08:50:00 PM
Sorry Kip, posted at the same time... Dave
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: drewsbow on May 05, 2008, 09:02:00 PM
Thanks guys , I was confused for a minute there .  Drew
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: Aram on May 05, 2008, 11:23:00 PM
The only way to know for absolute sure is to crazy glue one on the inside of your pointer finger (between your pointer and middle finger.) They have to be pointing the same way they would on the turkey.   :smileystooges:    :wavey:     Drew,
You got good advice above. It's getting late for me.
Congratulate Adam for me.     :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:  
Aram
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Post by: TonyW on May 06, 2008, 10:15:00 AM
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z117/katswal/wing.gif)
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: ishiwannabe on May 06, 2008, 04:25:00 PM
Drew, you can go to trueflight's home page and there are a bunch of ways listed. I had the hardest time bending my head around this earlier this year.
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: drewsbow on May 06, 2008, 05:41:00 PM
Thanks guys , yeah I just had it backwards in looking at the curve and not the quill.

Aram : I think I have it now but if you have pics from when you tried it I would like to see them :0) Adam says thanks .  Drew
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: Cherokee Scout on May 06, 2008, 09:25:00 PM
Another way to look at it is this. Put the feathers on a flat surface such as a table top. Place them so they are set like parenthese while looking down on them, like this ( ). The quill is set on the table, feather standing up. The one on the left is left wing, the one on the right is right wing. Easy way to remember.
Title: Re: left or right , you tell me ?
Post by: freeman on May 06, 2008, 09:53:00 PM
left curves right. right curves left.