Adding tail weight to an arrow?

[lpcjon2]

So I was wondering if adding tail weight(internal)to a kids arrow(1916,Axis st,or XX75 1716 in the 20-25" length) would help compensate for heavier heads. They have a tendency to take a big drop. Thanks for any input.

[bornagainbowhunter]

It will help with a more "level" flight, no big nose dive, but it is pretty hard to add weight to a arrow shot out of a youth bow without getting too heavy of an arrow.  Kids like to be able to shoot without having to stand right at the target.

That is why I let my kids shoot the small diameter (3/16") Easton Jazz arrows.  put in a nibb tip at whatever weight you want and let them play.  I only wish I could find more of those arrows.

God Bless,
Nathan

[Doc Nock]

Only thing I knew or thought I knew about tail weight was it stiffens spine?

[chopx2]

Myth...

All things fall at the same rate (Isaac Newton proved that using a vacuum chamber). What makes the nose of an arrow "appear" to drop faster is drag on the feathers is greater which slows the tail ends' fall.

Use shorter and lower profile feathers and you will see improved trajectory down range.

[Guru]

How do you figure adding weight to an arrow might keep it from dropping quicker?

The way I see it...It'll just make it stiffer, heavier, and it'll drop even faster.

[lpcjon2]

With small arrows the head weight(broadhead) causes the nock point to be lower than I would like it. The arrow hits tail high due to the head weight,My thought would be to add a little weight to the tail so it may evenly distribute weight. I hope this makes sense.

[Dave Worden]

I can't imagine why anyone would want to weight the tail end of an arrow.  Like has been already stated, the arrow will be heavier and therefore fall faster.  It will also be more difficult to stabilize.  All the experimenting with EFOC makes it pretty clear that weight up front "pulls" the arrow through the air.  Weight at the back just can't be a good thing.  How about just getting lighter broadheads and/or (as has been mentioned) smaller feathers?

[lpcjon2]

It's not that I want to weight the tail it was asked as a question."What if"?. I am looking for a solution and I am trying them as they come.

[Friend]

The GT Velocity XT 500 at 6.3 gpi may be worth looking into.