woodsman elite

[pamike]

Is it normal for the vented ones to whistle in flight?  Sounds really loud to me.

Mike

[Pat Kelly]

Some do. I just switched from Montec to Woodsman. Haven't shot the woodsman yet.

[Pat Kelly]

Whistling Problems and Bent Tips

We occasionally get comments such as, "I bought a dozen of your heads. One or two of them seem to whistle in flight. Are they defective? Will this make game jump the string?"

Any broadhead with vented blades has the potential to whistle in flight. Whistling is caused by air passing over the rear portion of the vent at high speed. Your Woodsman® broadheads have been inspected at the factory for warpage and quality control.

Hold a Woodsman® in your hand and point it directly at your eye. You should not be able to see the rear vent. Now cock it even less than one millimeter off center and you will see a vent edge. 99% of whistling problems are caused by broadheads that are not on straight. Aerodynamically, your Woodsman® broadhead is made to fly perfectly true. All broadheads need to be glued on perfectly true and spin-tested for wobble. If a broadhead whistles, re-glue it after spinning. For the very small percentage of broadheads that continue to whistle, we suggest touching up the inside edge of the vent with a Dremmel tool. Slightly grinding each inside rear flat vent edge will usually eliminate any remaining whistle. Some people use a small coating of Vaseline on the inside rear vent with good results.

Two other things that might cause whistling is arrows that are spined wrong and/or fletching problems. Neither of these are broadhead problems and each has to be addressed accordingly.

[Pat Kelly]

The last post was copied from Woodsman.com

[Easykeeper]

The vented Woodsmans I've got always made some noise in flight, just like every other vented head I've ever used.  I wouldn't call it a whistle, more of a hissing sound.  I doubt it matters.  That said, the lack of noise is one reason I like the heavier Woodman Elites with solid blades.  Not only are they as strong as can be, they are silent in flight.  Great heads either with or without the hiss.

[Shedrock]

I have not heard my Woodsman Elites whistle, but a friend standing beside me could hear a little whistle when I shot. I couldn't believe it, so he shot an arrow of mine tipped with a Woodsman Elite, I stood to the side, and by golly, I did hear a slight wistle.

I have shot quite a few animals with Woodsmans, coyotes, whitetails, mule deer, elk, and antelope. I don't know if they heard a whistle or not, they just bled to death.

I just might try the slight grinding method in Mr. Kelly's post, or go up to the 160 gr. non-vented.

[Margly]

Originally posted by Pat Kelly:
Whistling Problems and Bent Tips

We occasionally get comments such as, "I bought a dozen of your heads. One or two of them seem to whistle in flight. Are they defective? Will this make game jump the string?"

Any broadhead with vented blades has the potential to whistle in flight. Whistling is caused by air passing over the rear portion of the vent at high speed. Your Woodsman® broadheads have been inspected at the factory for warpage and quality control.

Hold a Woodsman® in your hand and point it directly at your eye. You should not be able to see the rear vent. Now cock it even less than one millimeter off center and you will see a vent edge. 99% of whistling problems are caused by broadheads that are not on straight. Aerodynamically, your Woodsman® broadhead is made to fly perfectly true. All broadheads need to be glued on perfectly true and spin-tested for wobble. If a broadhead whistles, re-glue it after spinning. For the very small percentage of broadheads that continue to whistle, we suggest touching up the inside edge of the vent with a Dremmel tool. Slightly grinding each inside rear flat vent edge will usually eliminate any remaining whistle. Some people use a small coating of Vaseline on the inside rear vent with good results.

Two other things that might cause whistling is arrows that are spined wrong and/or fletching problems. Neither of these are broadhead problems and each has to be addressed accordingly.

Thanks for a very good post with lot of good tips I will try with my woodsman elites    

Margly