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Title: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: Margly on December 22, 2011, 06:12:00 PM

Hi!
I've started to use 4 fletch and wondering if you have any tip about location of the feathers?
When the arrow is nocked should the feathers be located horizontaly and vertical? ( like a Maltese cross) Or just whatever  you get when gluing them in?

It seems like I get some contact with the feathers against the shelf?

Margly

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on December 22, 2011, 07:50:00 PM

depends in the shafts, If You use wood (self-nocks). You can do 90x90 or 60x120. The other shafts (alumn/carbon) You can fix Your nock to get them where You what the fletching to be lined up.

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: Charlie Lamb on December 22, 2011, 07:54:00 PM

For least interference align them so they make an "X". Either 75X105 or 90 degrees. That's how your fletcher should be putting them on that way anyway.

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: snag on December 22, 2011, 08:31:00 PM

Like Charlie said. I shoot my arrows fletched with the X at 90 degrees.

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: Margly on December 23, 2011, 02:32:00 AM

Thanks for the info!


Margly

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: saumensch on December 23, 2011, 03:40:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by snag:
Like Charlie said. I shoot my arrows fletched with the X at 90 degrees.

X2

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: mark land on December 23, 2011, 12:53:00 PM

I prefer 90 degrees myself and get better clearance then 75x105 although the difference is very slight!  For those whose arrows are not tuned as well I guess it could make more of difference.

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: Zradix on December 23, 2011, 01:44:00 PM

I do it this way " + "

I index the feathers just slightly clockwise " when looking from the back" to keep the tip of the outermost feather from contacting the shelf.

Haven't had any problems.

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on December 23, 2011, 02:14:00 PM

I use 75 x 105 and orient the fletch so the outside top fletch is oriented so it is angled about 30 degrees away from the shelf.  I have no clearance problems

Title: Re: Best location of four fletch ?
Post by: xtrema312 on December 23, 2011, 02:17:00 PM

I use 75x105 with the 105 top and bottom.  This makes for very minimal contact or the feather with the bow.  I get no feather wear or tracking of the base of the feather on the shelf.