GWSmith Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES Spoil Sport...LOL "Straight"-"4 in. Vanes"... I'll be trying new Configurations/Offset/ of vanes and or feathers out this year though when those fancy arrows you made me arrive in the mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES You mean these Gary.... Now that would be no fun,,,,all of the work would be done for ya,,,and it would be ashame if you were to have too easy now wouldn't it ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES I shoot straight offset for target shooting but use right helical for hunting. It may not have been broke, but I made it more better this way. I don't care about FOC percentages. Just spin the arrow properly and the flight is great. Is this a crutch? Maybe, I don't enjoy constant bow tinkering to keep my broadheads flying perfect with straight fletching. When shooting slower bows it does not matter as much, but when the speed gets up there (300 + fps) and the distance gets out there, everything helps. With full helical, I can spend my time practice shooting not tuning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES [ QUOTE ] I shoot straight offset for target shooting but use right helical for hunting. [/ QUOTE ] AJ...just curious what the reason for this is? Do you find the straight offset more accurate with fieldpoints, then the helical? Or does it just happen that your practice arrows are straight offset? Just wondering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES I shoot straight offset vanes and they do pretty good for me. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES LOL...Luke, I'm not against hard work...I just recognize talent when i see it I'll let you know how they fly from the New Bow when it gets here next week!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES [ QUOTE ] LOL...Luke, I'm not against hard work...I just recognize talent when i see it I'll let you know how they fly from the New Bow when it gets here next week!!! [/ QUOTE ] Man that New Bow isn't home yet..... ,,,you must be busting at the seems by now, I hope it's all that you hoped it would be when it arrive's and and you get it all setup.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES [ QUOTE ] Man that New Bow isn't home yet..... ,,,you must be busting at the seems by now, I hope it's all that you hoped it would be when it arrive's and and you get it all setup.. [/ QUOTE ] I'm telling you its going to be worth it!!!! Josh(vtbowhunter) You probably know him as the greatest bowhunter on earth...made me a great deal He is the Man I'll probably have my Password at the Mathews Website revoked though...LOL ....and I'll have to hand over the Darth Vader picture to the Switchback Police Just remember that its OK to jump ship as long as you can "Swim in the Creek"...ROFLMBO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robk Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES for me and my compounds i use the turbo nocks. if i mess one up i just switch it out and keep on going. makes for great in field work and wasy to be back up if it is your favorite arrow lol. for my longbow i like the left wing as i shoot off the shelf and prefer the left wing for the way they will rotate when going down range but if i am in a fix i can usually find plenty of right wing which will shoot as well also. i have quit fletching my compound arrows except to test a few new vanes and stay with my turbonocks because there is nothing better rob k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES [ QUOTE ] AJ...just curious what the reason for this is? Do you find the straight offset more accurate with fieldpoints, then the helical? Or does it just happen that your practice arrows are straight offset? Just wondering? [/ QUOTE ] Shooting broadheads demands more stabilization at 300+ fps. If I don't do everything perfect on a target, who cares. So the arrow tweaks a little and goes a few inches off. I don't shoot competition with archery gear. Do that with a broadhead that is heading towards game and the situation can get nasty very quick. Broadheads will steer an arrow, field points don't. Another reason is occasionally I blow through the well used excelsior bales my club uses for targets. When using helical vanes, they tend to get chewed up a lot more than the straight fletched vanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES Luke- There is some truth to the helical thingy but it goes back to shooting off the knuckle on trad bows. The feather would literally cut your knuckle if you had the wrong helical. I put this to the test too and believe me they will cut you. LOL Of coarse I've got girly hands but still, that suck did some slicing. Not so much the entire feather but the very leading tip that meets the arrow. Even with a liberal amount of glue on that tip, it still can cut ya. Then I think the "myth" started using the logic of a right helical fletched arrow would turn into the bows shelf for a right handed shooter. The thinking there was as the left helical fletched shaft would spin left during release and it "would/could" roll off the shelf due to spinning away from the bow on a right handed bow. The right helical rotated towards the bow keeping it from wandering off the shlef during a shot. Not sure about that one or not....???? I prefer a hard right helical on my recurve being a right handed shooter. With the slower speeds I get off my recurve I want as much spin to stabilize as possible. JMO I also feel it helps with the archers paradox that a trad shooter needs. Trad bow shooting literally needs the arrow to warp around the riser since they are not true center shot bows, like a compound whos riser is cut away and arrow rest alignment is at true center. So there is a difference but not for compound shooters. Thats were the logic falls apart for your buddie. With the arrow rests of today and the speeds involved, any type of fletching/vane configuration will be pratically the same. Some like more spin then others. For me I like a hard right offest on my compound arrows (10% to 11%) and a full right helical on my trad bows. Its all about personal preference for me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Re: FLETCHING and VANES Sheesh ,,,,Shawn now I have a head-ache from all of that technical stuff....LOL.... But have to admitt it sounds logical to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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