LW, RW, straight ?

[njloco]

My long bow seems to shoot everything good, I have shot arrows spined from 40# to 65# RW, LW, and they all shot great. That being said, I have been shooting GT 3555 and they do shoot very well, but I decided to try the 1535's with a straight feather and they shoot great also and this is with field tips or BH.

The question is, any advantage known to shooting straight feathers over LW or RW ?

Thanks

[silvertip73]

LW or RW will stabilize a broadhead better, as far as straight I don't know why they would have any advantage in any situation.  There are so many people on this site that will give you a better answer though!

[lpcjon2]

LW and RW will stabilize and rotate the arrow faster.straight will also do it(not as fast) and it may increase overall speed. But with carbon and aluminum you could probably loose the fletching and cram a hotdog on the end and it would shoot straight.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

First off they are all straight, When adding off-set or helical will help to stabilize them faster... Carbon's and Aluminum's won't take a hard helical so they need a off-set. If you want to have them off-set..

The best thing to do is make up some and see how they fly. Remember to keep LW feathers all on the same arrow and use the LW jig for helical and the same for RW feathers and jig... Straight jig will take either LW or RW, but again the same Wing on the same arrow..

[lpcjon2]

Thanks Sal I forgot to add the offset part in.

[njloco]

I should have been more clear, but I do appreciate all the info. given.

Apart from what I said about my LB, I shootGT 3555's LW, and RW very well out of this LB. My question is now that I have tried GT 1535's with a straight feather, field tip and broad head shot very well, but is there any advantage to shooting a straight feather, aside from more speed ?

To try and clarify, I can see that the 1535 with a straight feathers shoots much faster than the GT3555's, which have RW on some and and LW on others.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

the only way to tell if there is anymore speed is to cryo it.. the offset and helical will put a quicker spin on the arrow faster then a straight will.

[Terry Green]

Your are rolling the dice with straight fletch and broadheads....sooner rather than later you are going to have issues on hunting shots.

Speed aint worth a crap if your arrow is errant.

[NancyVTAS]

Go to True Flight's web site, they spend hours and many dollars studing arrow flight with feathers.  Feathers are lighter in weight also.  DICK

[njloco]

Well thanks to all for the info. The reason I was asking in the first place is I found a GT3555 with straight feathers and it seems to shoot the best out of my bows, especially the LB. So i made up some 1535's with straight feathers and they do shoot very well with field tips and broad heads, maybe it's in the release, we'll see and I'll keep you posted.

Thanks again