Mixing stripped feathers and commercial feathers

[Missouri CK]

Is it going to make any difference in arrow flight if I fletch up an arrow with a mix of natural barred wild turkey feathers alongside a commercially ground feather.  I use a four fletch set up and I was thinking about alternating every other feather with the wild turkey feather and then a commercially ground feather. The quill is much more substantial than the stripped off membrane. Just wondering?

Thanks for any assistance.

Chris

[geno]

I three fletch. Two turkey one commercial and get good flight.

[Orion]

If you burn them, they will all be the same height, which should give you good flight.  The natural feathers will likely be a little stiffer on the shaft than the commercial, but probably not enough to adversly affect arrow flight.

[Charlie Lamb]

Chris... I understand your delima a little better now.

While I'm not sure how the fletch tape will affect anything, I do know that when fletched with glue the stripped feathers become rigid just like a ground feather.

Mixing the two (ground and stripped) on the same arrow should cause no problems.

I'd suggest taping these feathers on a trial arrow to see what happens. You can always refletch.