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Title: weight tubes and arrow spine....
Post by: Travisc406 on October 07, 2007, 11:57:00 AM
I bought two goldtip 3555 arrows to try out of my 53 pound bow. I put 5 inch shield cut right wing fletch on one and left the other bare. I am using 125 grain points and they are flying really well. I wanna bump the weight up with the 5 grains per inch weight tubes but am woundering how that will effect my spine. Any clues? thanx Travis  :confused:
Title: Re: weight tubes and arrow spine....
Post by: Mike Byrge@home on October 07, 2007, 01:16:00 PM
I have found that adding the weight tubes makes the shaft act "weaker".

Mike
Title: Re: weight tubes and arrow spine....
Post by: hickry on October 07, 2007, 01:35:00 PM
us too... i don't know why, but it was pretty evident when we did the bare shaft tuning...
Title: Re: weight tubes and arrow spine....
Post by: Rick McGowan on October 07, 2007, 05:38:00 PM
I did lots of testing to make heavy shafts and I found that anything you add full length to the inside of the shaft, that dosn't have any spine of its own will weaken the dynamic spine of the shaft.
Title: Re: weight tubes and arrow spine....
Post by: Otto on October 07, 2007, 10:26:00 PM
I agree and I believe it's because the mass has been added to the arrow and that additional mass causes the arrow to flex a bit more as the arrow oscillates in flight.  If I had to guess I'd estimate maybe a 3-5 lb change in spine.  I don't believe it's any more than that but it is noticable.