How will a cedar shaft fly with straight feather fletching :confused: rather than left w. or right w.Never tried this but all my wheelie arrows are straight? :confused:
With a broadhead? Badly.
The broadhead will start to steer your arrow before it has time to begin it's rotation. Better off with plenty of offset or helical to speed up the process.
Even with a 2-blade broadhead?
QuoteOriginally posted by lpcjon2:
How will a cedar shaft fly with straight feather fletching :confused: rather than left w. or right w.Never tried this but all my wheelie arrows are straight? :confused:
there is no such thing as a 'straight FEATHER', they're either left or right wing. fletch with all the same wing.
a straight fletch, or offset a few degrees, will work fine with most broadheads, but a full helical could be better as it'll straighten out the flying arrow faster than straight or offset feather fletchings.
just pick a wing to use and stick with it, don't mix feather wings.
plastic vanes are wingless and require an offset and/or helical.
have to disagree. A well tuned arrow/broadhead combination will fly out well using straght fletching but it must be tuned to the bow.
Even a straight fletched arrow will spin because of the way the feather is built...just not as much as an offset or a helical. You can tie a length of thread just behind the point on your arrow and shoot at a target. The thread will indicate the amount of rotation the arrow has in it's flight to the target.
I like the string Idea.? with my carbons for my compound a 2" blazer vane makes the arrow faster would the same apply for a feather on a wood shaft?I know this ain't NASA but you guys are very knowledgeable about arrow aerodynamics
imho and fwiw, if yer hunting venue is typically in the woods with 5 to 20 yard kill zones, put on some big feathers with either offset or helical and be done with it. do not waste yer time mixing tiny vanes and trad bowhunting.
Well said Rob.
I will agree with Rob 100%, Helical feathers, helical feathers, helical feathers.........
I agree with Rob too. Murphy's law says use big feathers. Gary
x2 i use 5.5 High back shields and everything i fletch has helical ,even compound arrows for my buddies