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Two fletched arrows ***

Ballshooter

Ballshooter

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Nothing new but it was to me. I tried an experiment with two 3in right hand sheild cut fethers off-set. I was shocked at my results. Even my 125gr Singers flew very well out to 40 yards better than my three fletched arrows. Seemed like it dropped less, grouped extremely well. I was shooting my Hoyt Satori copy with 42lb N3s and a cheap 31in 500sp Sharrow carbon arrows the weight of the arrow came in at 573 grains. The bow also seemed to be quieter. I'll play with it some more but if I keep shooting this well I may just use two fletched arrows for hunting.
 
Ballshooter said:
Nothing new but it was to me. I tried an experiment with two 3in right hand sheild cut fethers off-set. I was shocked at my results. Even my 125gr Singers flew very well out to 40 yards better than my three fletched arrows. Seemed like it dropped less, grouped extremely well. I was shooting my Hoyt Satori copy with 42lb N3s and a cheap 31in 500sp Sharrow carbon arrows the weight of the arrow came in at 573 grains. The bow also seemed to be quieter. I'll play with it some more but if I keep shooting this well I may just use two fletched arrows for hunting.
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Free-hand cut those same shields down to 1/2" tall bananas and it'll be even better
 
I would think that if your arrows bare shaft tuned well that the 2 vanes would be plenty enough to steer it and if you were to index a two blade broadhead the same it would still fly well. Most early crossbows all shot two vane shafts if you look back in history.

I've played with a stick bow all my life but always hunted with a compound. This year is the first I'll be heading out with my recurve for early season. This is the first time I've gone into the weeds with arrow building with a stick bow and the results have been interesting and educational. It's strange what you can and cannot get away with vs. a compound and I've been having a blast. It's also made me a steadier compound shooter as an interesting side effect.
 
Ballshooter said:
Nothing new but it was to me. I tried an experiment with two 3in right hand sheild cut fethers off-set. I was shocked at my results. Even my 125gr Singers flew very well out to 40 yards better than my three fletched arrows. Seemed like it dropped less, grouped extremely well. I was shooting my Hoyt Satori copy with 42lb N3s and a cheap 31in 500sp Sharrow carbon arrows the weight of the arrow came in at 573 grains. The bow also seemed to be quieter. I'll play with it some more but if I keep shooting this well I may just use two fletched arrows for hunting.
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It may shoot fine but that dont make it right. And stay off my grass!! :cool:
 
What's the optimal orientation for a two fletch on a trad bow? vertical? horizontal? diagonal?
 
krub6b said:
What's the optimal orientation for a two fletch on a trad bow? vertical? horizontal? diagonal?
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So I been reading about this. If you are right handed, orientation should be 10 o'clock. And you should have a gap between your rest and strike pad to allow the feather to clear. Which I think it pretty logical. Because with an ASL, I'm getting feather slicing my hand when I have bad shot! This would remove the issue completely I think.
 
HuumanCreed said:
So I been reading about this. If you are right handed, orientation should be 10 o'clock. And you should have a gap between your rest and strike pad to allow the feather to clear. Which I think it pretty logical. Because with an ASL, I'm getting feather slicing my hand when I have bad shot! This would remove the issue completely I think.
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That makes sense, I was trying to decide if a 2 and 8 o'clock orientation would provide maximum clearance. I'm sure it will depend on how your riser and shelf are cut though
 
HuumanCreed said:
So I been reading about this. If you are right handed, orientation should be 10 o'clock. And you should have a gap between your rest and strike pad to allow the feather to clear. Which I think it pretty logical. Because with an ASL, I'm getting feather slicing my hand when I have bad shot! This would remove the issue completely I think.
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That's funny. I'm a lefty and have found a 11 and 5 orientation works best for me.
 
Red Beard said:
I've always matched the orientation directly to the 2-blade broadhead.
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I have never shot a trad bow, but this makes sense to me. I think if you are shooting a two blade broadhead, you would want the orientation to match the blades.

When the blades are in the horizontal position, any planing action would be vertical. If the fletch is vertical at that point, it can't counteract any vertical forces. When the blades are vertical, you would also want the fletch to be vertical, to counteract horizontal forces.
 
krub6b said:
That makes sense, I was trying to decide if a 2 and 8 o'clock orientation would provide maximum clearance. I'm sure it will depend on how your riser and shelf are cut though
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The one season I shot two fletch, 2 and 8 gave me the best feather clearance and therefore flight. Right handed shooter.
 
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Question on 2 fletch.

If I were to use left off set and a left bevel 2 blade, theoretically wouldn't running the perpendicular to each other rather than parallel actually create truer stabilization? Rather than just an agreed stabilization that would occur when ran parallel?
 
jsh909 said:
Question on 2 fletch.

If I were to use left off set and a left bevel 2 blade, theoretically wouldn't running the perpendicular to each other rather than parallel actually create truer stabilization? Rather than just an agreed stabilization that would occur when ran parallel?
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Maybe try it lol
 
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