I am curious what is everyone's favorite feather length and shape for their carbon arrows and why?
I use four four inch shield cut..works out good for my anchor (feather to nose) and gives me sixteen inches of feather for steering big heads..seems a little more forgiving and just looks cool.
Five inch shield cut.Might be to much feather,but I just like the looks of them.
Leland
5 inch shield. Shields because I use the back of the feather on my nose as a secondary anchor. I use 5" because I want all of the stabilizing I can reasonably get. Plus, the arrows look good to my eye with this fletch.
5 inch Parabolic, Parabolic cut is quietest and I'm all about my bow shooting the quietest it can / I can make it. Five inch seems to give it enough rotation.
3 inch shield cut in 4 fletch. Gives me the same surface area as 3 - 4 inch fletch and has way less noise than longer arrows.
tried just about all size and shape,settled on
5" shield.
4 inch parabolic 3 fletch.
3 inch A&A cut four fletch
4 inch parabolic 3 fletch.Its enough feather for me with the carbons that are tuned well.Thier quiet and not too expensive.You can get 2 fletchings from one full length feather to save some cash as well if you wanna go that way.
3 4" shield cut.
I also use 3, 4" feathers. I prefer shield cut (aesthetics) but I have parabolic on my current arrows.
My arrows are only 27-27.5" long with my 26" draw. I also hunt with single bevel broadheads that match the helical of my feathers. I just don't need longer feathers to stablizied my well-tuned arrows.
I use three 4" feathers, both parabolic and shield.
4" 4 fletch shield cut.
I use both 4" parabolic and 4" shield cut feathers
4" parabolic. I'd use 3 if I could get good flight.
4 inch, 3 fletch parabolic cut. Just like them better.
3 fletch- 4" shield, used to use 5" because I thought I needed it for good broadhead flight, but that is not the case,perfect flight with 4" and less drag,less noise,that can only be a plus
4X4" parabolic for the wife and I
5" 3 fletch shield cut with as much helix that i can get out of my fletching jig,just like the looks, have tried 4" 4 fletch but kep going back to the 5" 3 fletch.
3 x 5" parabolic left helical.
I was using 3 4" parabolics RW, but am going to try 3 5" shields LW to try feather-to-nose anchor and see if I like it.
3 x 5" left wing helical. Custom chopped that is basically a 5 1/2" parabolic cut 90 degrees at 5".Looks pretty close to the Fred Bear chop that was on a thread.
4X4" lw parabolic or shield for me. Haven't noticed any difference in flight or noise between the two shapes.
4 4" shield
I really like the look of a 3x4' P&Y cut.
To me, it has a real nod to the traditional side
3x4" sheild cut, works well with my shooting style & plenty stable for broadheads.... DB
3 5" shield cut feathers on all.
2 inch razors in a straight three fletch
QuoteOriginally posted by CRS:
I use three 4" feathers, both parabolic and shield.
What He said :D
I use 5" parabolic cuts right wing for all my arrows. I find that this gives me great stabilization even in the worst of conditions, or on a bad release. The parabolic for me is just a little quieter than shield cut which is my second choice.
4" Parabolic right wing, 1 Yellow & 2 white - Why? - well, that's just what I have always used. I used to use 5" parabolic but when i worked up a high FOC arrow (22.7%) I went down to the 4" and have been that way for quite some time.
Bisch