fletching - rw, lw or straight?

[JamesKerr]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Go ahead and use straight fletch and broadheads if you like....but sooner or later the train is going to derail.

Not sure why some folks just love flirting with disaster.....especially when there are no advantages.

X2 I use fairly large fletching compared to what seems to be a growing number of people using smaller fletch. The absolute least amount of fletching I will use is 3 5" right wing feathers.

[wapitirod]

I fletched up so many because I got an excellent deal on shafts and then I try and have specific batches for each of my three bows. I shoot the XX78's out of my 72# Stealth, XX75's out of 72# Brack and I'm just now playing with the carbons on my 66# Stealth to flatten the trajectory to match my heavier bows. The main reason I fletched straight is because that is what I was set up for when I got the jig but my question earlier was one of interest in educating myself and I was just stating so far on the range they are shooting good.  The one thing I have noticed is every once in a while I'll get a barrel roll although it still hits true and I'm shooting at 28yds (length of my backyard where I shoot). I know it's a release issue because I shoot the same arrows constantly and they will fly true like darts and then out of the blue I get the roll. I have one each of a right hand and left hand helical clamp and I just ordered some of the Nuge blemished shafts from Big Jim so I'll try fletching those with a helical twist and see what happens.  Thanks for the input even though this wasn't my post initially.

[Bowwild]

Most has been covered well.  The spinning of the arrow, facilitated by an off-set or helically applied fletch, helps stabilize it's flight and resist influences to go off course.  This is much like the spiral of a football, frisbee, etc.

One thing I'd add that I found out the hard way...if you are using single bevel broadheads they are either Right or Left beveled.  You need to match this broadhead with your fletch helical or they won't compliment one another.