Tapered Low Bananas

[Rebel Yelp]

Seriously what do you think? Tapered carbon shafts w/ low banana feathers. Would the combo be the most effecient ever?

Thinking about treating myself to some premium arrows.

[Thare1774]

Sounds awesome to me. What arrows are ya thinkin?

[Rebel Yelp]

Arrow Dynamics Hammerhead Series.

I have no experience with tapered shafts at all... not sure how well arrow wraps fit. I may have to do without.

[TRAP]

If wraps dont work for you,  you can paint em.  

I think the bananas would wrk great.

Trap

[m midd]

Sounds good to me. Go for it!!

[slivrslingr]

Regular wraps work fine, but the edge will finish at a bit of an angle.  If you're meticulous, you can start the wrap at a slight angle and then they will finish with the edge straight.  I'm actually planning on fletching some HH's with low banana fletch's  in the near future, great minds think alike!

[flinthead]

Is there a source for good low cut bannana feathers or are you cutting your own? Thanks, Roy

[Green]

A good source for banana cut turkey feathers is Magnus.  Shoot him a PM.  I shoot his 5" low pro nanners on tapered wood and AD Trad lite shafts.  They're quiet and do a very good job of stabilizing the arrows.  I shoot Simmons Sharks which are not small broadheads.  Hope this helps ya and enjoy your new missiles!

[JMR]

I used to shoot nanners on grizzlystik shafts and they flew great. In fact I have been considering switching back to them.

[Al Kidner]

Love love love tapered arrows - timbers or Grizzlystiks - and banana cut fetching! Best combo out there in my honest opinion.

ak.

[Rob DiStefano]

used 'em quite a bit, 4.25" chopped or burnt custom bananas, 75x105 4-fletch, offset and no helical.  good stability and speed for me.  moved on to a burnt 5.25" full helical 3-fletch, now gonna go back to those 4-fletch 'naners.  it's all good.  :D


 

 

 

 

[Rebel Yelp]

Wow thanks Rob! Do you feel that 4 feathers is necessary to stabilize?

You customized yours, but will three regular low nanners do the job?

[David Yukon]

I like the look of the banana cut feathers. As for the low banana, I've never tried them... Maybe I should order some!!

[Rob DiStefano]

i never did like how 3 low naners flew, even after increasing the length to just over 5".  4 is the magic number for me, slight offset only, and fletched at either 75x105 or 90x90.  

the quick way to make custom lo-profile naners is with a modified li'l chopper ...

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000107

 

LOTS of interesting if not good stuff in our how-to resources forum!

i think each of us needs to experiment a bit, and see what works best with how we shoot and how the arrows and fletching works with our different bows.

[Green]

Couple of other "features" of low profile nanners are that at the moment of truth, when the tabbed or gloved fingers wrap the string for a stealthy shot...the low profile's taper keeps the fletching well out of the way of your fingers...one less thing to blow your opportunity.  

They also nest together better in a back/side quiver, and have a little more separation in a bow quiver.