Arrow feather flight

[lpcjon2]

How will a cedar shaft fly with straight feather fletching   :confused:   rather than left w. or right w.Never tried this but all my wheelie arrows are straight?   :confused:

[robtattoo]

With a broadhead? Badly.

The broadhead will start to steer your arrow before it has time to begin it's rotation. Better off with plenty of offset or helical to speed up the process.

[lpcjon2]

Even with a 2-blade broadhead?

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by lpcjon2:
How will a cedar shaft fly with straight feather fletching    :confused:    rather than left w. or right w.Never tried this but all my wheelie arrows are straight?    :confused:  

there is no such thing as a 'straight FEATHER', they're either left or right wing.  fletch with all the same wing.  

a straight fletch, or offset a few degrees, will work fine with most broadheads, but a full helical could be better as it'll straighten out the flying arrow faster than straight or offset feather fletchings.  

just pick a wing to use and stick with it, don't mix feather wings.

plastic vanes are wingless and require an offset and/or helical.

[acadian archer]

have to disagree. A well tuned arrow/broadhead combination will fly out well using straght fletching but it must be tuned to the bow.

[Pat B]

Even a straight fletched arrow will spin because of the way the feather is built...just not as much as an offset or a helical. You can tie a length of thread just behind the point on your arrow and shoot at a target. The thread will indicate the amount of rotation the arrow has in it's flight to the target.

[lpcjon2]

I like the string Idea.? with my carbons for my compound a 2" blazer vane makes the arrow faster would the same apply for a feather on a wood shaft?I know this ain't NASA but you guys are very knowledgeable about arrow aerodynamics

[Rob DiStefano]

imho and fwiw, if yer hunting venue is typically in the woods with 5 to 20 yard kill zones, put on some big feathers with either offset or helical and be done with it.  do not waste yer time mixing tiny vanes and trad bowhunting.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Well said Rob.

[CallMaker]

I will agree with Rob 100%, Helical feathers, helical feathers, helical feathers.........

[sagebrush]

I agree with Rob too. Murphy's law says use big feathers. Gary

[m midd]

x2 i use 5.5 High back shields and everything i fletch has helical ,even compound arrows for my buddies