on my arrow nocked on string should my 2 blades be horizontal or vertical? make a difference? thanks, steve
Doesn't matter flight wise just what's good for your eyes. I mount mine so when the bow is canted at draw the head is horizontal.
I like horizontal......no resistance with archers paradox......Don't know if it makes a difference but that's what I do. :dunno:
I have mine 90 degrees off of string to minimize paradox like ron w said. I have no proof to back it up, but my muzzy phantom 2-blades fly NICE, so that's what I do. Good Luck
I mount mine so they spin perfect. Some are vertical, some horizontal, and some are in-between. If your broadhead is not on perfectly straight, you will have flight issues.
I like my top blade between 3 and 4 o'clock and the bottom blade between 9 and 10 o'clock when I am at full draw. I just like that sight picture.
QuoteOriginally posted by ron w:
I like horizontal......no resistance with archers paradox......Don't know if it makes a difference but that's what I do. :dunno:
X2.Horizontal doesn't seem to mess with my field of view as much as vertical either.
Horizontal for me since 1972
I mount mine so that the top blade is about 2 o'clock and the bottom is at about 8. The idea is that when I cant my bow my natural amount, the view over the blade is flat.
It doesn't matter, when the time comes I don't seem to notice the head .
Mine are usually vertical or about 1 and 7 oclock. I mount them wherever they spin good then I twist nock around to the feather that gets as closest to what I want.
What Shedrock said. However they have to be so they spin straight. This way, that way...doesnt matter a whole lot to me.
thanks for the input, steve
QuoteOriginally posted by Rob W.:
Mine are usually vertical or about 1 and 7 oclock. I mount them wherever they spin good then I twist nock around to the feather that gets as closest to what I want.
Yep. I do the same.
My top blade kind of lines up with my top hen feather (cock feather out). Then when I cant the bow the blades pretty much disappear from my sight. I also draw until the back of the bottom blade touches my index finger. This angle makes that work perfect.
If your arrows aren't flying well, I think it's a spine issue rather than the direction of the broadhead. I've tried them at every direction and they fly the same. I just set them up this way for the reasons above.
QuoteOriginally posted by Shedrock:
I mount mine so they spin perfect. Some are vertical, some horizontal, and some are in-between. If your broadhead is not on perfectly straight, you will have flight issues.
Thats my strategy as well.
I was taught to mount mine perpendicular to the riser to minimize any paradox sailing, side-wind effect before the spin starts and also to keep them out of my visual as much as possible. Don't know if it matters . . . but I get good arrow flight with them that way.
It is all personal preference and should not make a hill of beans difference if your arrows are well tuned. I like mine horizontal as it keeps the blade out of my vision more.
Bisch
I mount mine horizontal. Doesn't matter though. Just make sure they spin straight.
Always did mine vertical, kinda disappears for me this way.
It doesn't mater but I like mine vertical I just like the sight picture with them up and down....
I glue in my inserts first so it's wherever they end up but as was mentioned when I shoot I don't even see the broadhead and they all fly identical. I used to get hung up on positioning the broadheads but if your equipment is tuned properly you won't notice a different in flight. If you consciously gap shoot that may be different.
I mount mine (2-blades) so that they are horizontal at full draw with the bow canted my natural amount.
I don't know if that helps reduce lateral wind shear forces during the paradox or not but it certainly can't hurt. Also, that gets them out of the sight picture as much as possible so that they appear more like a field point and I use the ferrule as my reference for gap shooting.
Only matters to my sight picture. I like what Greg described-about a 45 degree. I seem to "see" this less than if the broadhead is vertical or horizontal.
Vertical for me. Like the sight picture that way. I don't seem to notice it. At full draw the back of head just touches my index finger.
Doesn't matter to flight, and I purposely ignore my arrow because I shoot better that way, so I don't notice or care about the rotational position of any broadhead, and it doesn't affect my shooting -- not that every shot always goes where I want.
Allan
Vertical looks better, or at least, more classic.
An artist wouldn't depict an archer with a horizontal broadhead. I doubt it makes a difference as far as performance,though.
Shoot Silver Flames and It will not make a bit of differance, they shoot like darts no matter! :thumbsup:
Horizontal! :thumbsup:
Horizontal-ish I guess- wherever they spin good in that area.
As long as they spin straight I don't even check the orientation anymore.
Its all a personal choice, but i like mine parallel with the string. No particular reason other than habit.
I like to mount mine at 8 and 2. Tried mounting them in the evening but wasn't impressed with the flight.
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I think they fly the same with any orientation, as long as they are inline with the shaft.
I prefer mine verticle - in line with the riser. When I come to full draw I glance at the head as a sort of draw check and to make sure the broadhead looks "right", just a split second glance, then focus on the target and don't look at the head.
That said, I do know, from practice, that my "point on" range is 35 yards. Helps when I'm stump shooting or practicing at long ranges - over 35 yards my arrow point has to be "over" the point I want the arrow to impact - how far over is more instinct than actual calculated gap.
Just how I do it, what works for me.
I'm with Dave Bulla!
Charlie! I like it- good thinkin'!!!
I have shot them at all angles and as long as they spin true they fly true like others said...
But for something to do and kill some time while getting ready for season I mount them all vertical or dang close to that.
I mount mine horizontal simply because if you take a shot in a sidewind it won't push on the head before it starts its rotation.
horizontal here.