I have set up 6 with 3 fletch and 6 with 4 fletch to see the difference on my carbons, and I don't notice any. I shoot 175 grain heads out of a 51# @ 26 1/2" Hill "Wesley Special".
I'm just wondering if anyone else has any experience with using 4 fletch, and is there any advantages of doing so?
I switched to 4-4.5x 5/8 banana from 3-5" shield. Same stability but a much quieter arrow in flight. They look pretty cool too. Thanks Rob!
Magnus
I like to shoot four 4" set at 90 degrees, I shoot both wood and carbon out of my Big Five :thumbsup:
I used 4-fletch many years ago. I didn't notice an advantage. I shoot 3, 4" feathers these days.
i have friends that shoot them because they dont take the time too tune there arrows to their bows.i have shot them tuned and did not notice a bit of difference.
My 4 fletch on carbons seem to fly the same as my 3 fletch cedars. I just wanted to know if there were any advantages. Seems like it's more a personal choice, and to just be different. I do think they look pretty cool though. I 4 fletched them with 5" yellow shields and have orange wraps on them. I like the look and the feel, but I prefer my wood shafts, except as you all know, they aren't as durable.
There is no cock feather, which means you can't put the arrow on the string wrong.
I just like better.
I always use four fletch when hunting. You don't have to look at the arrow to put it on the string and it should stabelize quicker with more surface area ?
I use both. But 4 fletch is faster to nock in a hunting situation. I like the way they look too. I am actually fletching up a couple dozen shafts right now with 4 fletch.
QuoteOriginally posted by Keith Zimmerman:
I use both. But 4 fletch is faster to nock in a hunting situation.
Yep....me too...
Just made 6 poplars 50-55 spine with 4 fletch, first time I ever tried it. Seem to fly well and you can't put it on the string wrong...I think this is good!!!!
I tried a 4 fletch with 3" parabolics configuration on my 5/16 70/75# Australian Ash wooden arrows and found they went not nearly as well as three 5" Parabolic. The same setup contrasted much better in the 4 fletch configuration with 5575 carbons. Still not good enough to make me start fletching the carbon's in 4 fletch with 3"
Bows testing these arrows were a 67# @31 Sentman Classic longbow and a 86# @ 28" Kramer 'Autumn' longbow. I draw about 29.5"
I'll try the 4 fletch setup on 3555's and see...
I also like the 4 fletch for quick nocking, no think option.
I switched to 4 4"@ 90 in 1969 and have been pretty much been using that configuration ever since. Works for me.
Jack
I have been shooting 3 5" shield with good results and also have some with 4 4", also with good results. About the nock, I shoot cock feather in most of the time with no problem and actually prefer that, but don't notice much difference either way :campfire:
If you chop your own you get better feather utilization with the four 4" feathers. Idiot proof nocking is also an advantage, and they fly the same 4x4 in vs 3x 5 in.
Same here, I liked the looks and it didn't matter how they knocked up. As far as how they flew, I didn't notice any differance.
All good comments! I use the 4 X 4 because it is simple, no looking down to nock, and it is very visable in flight! Good hunting set-up also!
When my arrows with 3 fletch are worn out I'll be switching to 4 fletch.
QuoteOriginally posted by Bjorn:
If you chop your own you get better feather utilization with the four 4" feathers. Idiot proof nocking is also an advantage, and they fly the same 4x4 in vs 3x 5 in.
I resemble that remark..."idiot proof"... :knothead:
I shot 4 4" feathers for a good while and they worked great, I ended up going back to 3 fletch more for looks than anything else.
I have also noticed that no matter what I was always told, it doesn't make much difference which way I nock the arrow.
There's another way to fletch other than 4-fletch??? ;)
I've tried 3x5, 3x5.5, 4x4, 4x3, 4x5, and even 4x5.5, and settled on 4x5 as my favorite. Do I really need all that feather? No, but I still use it for the convieniance...
I had some a year ago and really liked them. They seemed to shoot better maybe more stable for me. There was just something pleasing about them and easy to nock too.
sam
Yep, 4x4 4" is my preferred style now.
4x4, 4 inch for my aluminums and carbons
4x4, 5 inch on my woodies
I just like the way they look and I think they handle broadheads well.
Dave
I just went out and put close to 100 of each downrange, and To my untrained eye, they seem the same, so I have concluded that it might cost a bit more (1 extra fletch), but looks way Kooler with the same flight, so the other half dozen just got stripped, and now I am gonna have a matched dozen of 4 fletch 5" shields.