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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: rluttrell on February 12, 2013, 05:58:00 PM
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I have fletched more than enough 3 feathers, I am going to try and do four, I need some help where does the fletching align with the nock? A picture would be a great visual
Thanks
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x i like them like this
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Glue on nocks?
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i like em spaced equal at 90 degrees,i know on a bitzenburger you can also do 75 x 105 which makes the feathers farther apart on the sides and closer together on top and bottom.
(http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy138/chopperziggy/001-11.jpg)
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exactly the same as 3 fletch, you just have 2 "cock" feathers now. if you do 4x90...
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I do 75x105 on bits, but I rotate my carbon nocks 90 degrees so 105 is up and down. I feel I get the best possible feather clearance, and I like where the feather is for a nose anchor shooting three under.
Not sure if you can adjust index point for glue on. I have never looked at the manual. :readit: :dntthnjok:
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Originally posted by drewsbow:
x i like them like this
Yep
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Thanks guys I was really struggling with this one.. This is helping
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I prefer 4 at 90,a X pattern.
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I'm a 75 x 105 guy. Tried the 60 x 120 as well and did not like how the fletching was so close together.
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One thing about pictures, the feathers looked like they were straight and not twisted. I just ordered my bitz a straight clamp...
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Originally posted by rluttrell:
One thing about pictures, the feathers looked like they were straight and not twisted. I just ordered my bitz a straight clamp...
NO!!!...You don't shoot straight fletch with broadheads.
You need helical or off-set.
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NO!!!...You don't shoot straight fletch with broadheads.
You need helical or off-set.
Thank you!!!!!!
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If you use glue on nocks just don't actually glue them until after you fletch them then you can put them where you want. I did this for years I still prefer old Mercury Speed nocks just to lazy to find nock adapters and go to the trouble I use them on my woodies and aluminum arrow. The string lasts longer and quieter in my opinion.
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Wait.....
Offset or helical is required for broadheads?
I would have guessed that a well tuned arrow might not need more than a 4 or 5 inch straight.
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I generally shoot 4 - 4"fletches, sometimes, 3 1/2", and get great flight with about any broadhead, including 300gr grizzlies. I fletch them 75/105, with the string bisecting the 75 degree sides, but try shooting them as you rotate the nocks, you may find a different orientation works better.
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the feathers in the pic i posted are
4" rw with helical.
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the feathers in the pic i posted are
4" rw with helical.
After Terry posted a bold No!!!!. I got off my laptop and logged on my desktop and took another look, Yes they are…
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I just did a dozen assorted shafts with 2" Rayzrs in a 4-fletch 75X105 with my Bitz last night. Super impressed with the way they fly off of my Omega and now I don't worry about feather orientation. Heavy shafts, light shafts...both worked well and flew light darts.
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I have done 60-120 RW and they fly great. I have done 4" and 3".
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Just be sure to practice with broadheads with the smaller fletch.
..you might be fine..you might get surprised too.
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4 -4" fletches give you 16" of fletching, 3 -5" give you 15 inches of fletching - granted the 4" tend to be a little lower, but the extra total length evens things out. I've never had issues with control with 4 - 4" fletches, even with 740 grain arrows with 300 grains of broadhead.
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I am waiting for some 4" feathers to arrive and off to the range I will go......
I wish I had a yard large enough to practice but I don't