4 fletch 90 or 60/120?

[sledge]

4 by 90 it is.  

thanks all, for the good info.

it occurs to me that with no cockfeather, and 90 degrees, i'll also be able to equalize feather wear (on carbons), just by turning the nock.

joe

[deaddoc4444]

I USUALLY  don't  use  4 fletch   I DO for   Flu-Flus.   When I do use a 4 fletch  I use   90 degree

[shedhunter]

shoot 4" 4 fletch 90 degree off all my bows.  I shoot big snuffers and have no problems with flight.  cheers  ron

[The Whittler]

I have a Jo-Jan right wing clamp, and you can take the nock adapter and rotate it for 4 fletch. I do not know what the degree is but my arrows do not fly good with this set up. They would kick up and bad flight.

I use the nock adapter for 3 fletch right wing clamp and do 60-120. My arrows fly great.

[JamesKerr]

I would go with the 4 fletch at 90 degrees just because in my opinion it looks better.

[Dan Adair]

I've shot whatever 4 fletch a Bitzenberger does that isn't 90 degree for about the last decade.  I tried going to a 5" 3 fletch, and having a cock feather pissed me off.  I had to go back to paper tuning to make sure that out of balance look was just a different colored feather in there.

In the real world, with broadheads, a little more fletch isn't a bad thing.  I'll give up a few FPS farther out for better arrow flight when things are less than perfect.

[Dan Adair]

It's like watching a tracer speed away from you.  That's why

[Chromebuck]

I have to throw a shout out to Magnus.  These are 4" X 4 fletch parabolic Canadian Goose set at 90 and I have had no better arrow flight.  Ever!  Rigid and water proof.  Love these arras...
 

   

~CB

[Ray Hammond]

75-105 gives a bit better fletch clearance

For non center shot bows could be more efficient

[elknutz]

I've tried 90-90 and 75-105.  I like the look of the 90 better, but for me the 75-105 mounted vertically worked best as a reference point for my draw sequence. I adjusted my side plate a touch for best arrow flight. Your nose might give you different results!    

[Escoffier1974]

Good evening;

When you switch from 3-fletch to 4, do you use the same length fletching, or can you go shorter?  

D

[elknutz]

Dave, I went from 3 5" to 4 4" feathers. Shorter feathers but an inch more total surface.  There are all sorts of options when it comes to feathers and arrows in general and playing with them can be a lot of fun.

[Zradix]

elknutz has it right.
Lots of options and lots of fun...and you can't really go WRONG unless you stick on really tiny feathers with a broadhead.

but you don't HAVE to go shorter.
You can just have another 5" or even 5.5" if you want...more steerage.

What I'm going to say might be a bit of hair splitting but I like that stuff....

More than just total length of feather, I feel the total surface area is a better way to compare feather profiles and setups.
Kinda tricky to do though, I just take a pic of the feather and measure the area on photoshop...I know..I know CHEATER right?..lol

to take it to extremes..a 6" feather that is only .25" high has a lot less surface area than a 3" flu flu..see what I'm getting at..?

What I like to do is find a nice balance using a quiet profile like a T-hawk, shortening it a little bit (4 5/8") while keeping the same height( diagonal base spacer in the chopper).the shorter length makes it even quieter.
And end up with four really quiet fletches that have a little more surface area than 3 5" shields.
nanners are a bit quieter, but I prefer to have the tall part of the feather that does the most work closer to the rear of the arrow.

..like I said nit picky..and unnecessary...but I like that stuff.

That's my psychosis and I'm sticking to it.

[Mongo]

60 X 120 for me.  Just like the way they look.  For 3 fletch I use 5.5" Shield cut and 4 fletch I go to 4" Parabola's.