Might be a dumb fletching question but here goes...

Flipout · 02-01-2006, 09:06 AM

I am just wondering if there is any "ideal" placement to put my vanes and or feathers on the arrows?

In other words, how far from the the nock should I be putting them, I look at lots of pics and it seems to vary a great deal. I have always used 4" feathers and am trying out the Blazers next week. Just curious if there is any formula or rule of thumb for vane location on the shaft.

Thanks

Dave at Work · 02-01-2006, 10:20 AM

The further back on the arrow the fletching is, the better it stabilizes. Don't put them on the nock or the unibushing. If you go and download the easton tuning guide, they give measurements for the placement.

Dave

cutthroat.trout · 02-01-2006, 10:02 PM

Well coming from a purely "where would they stabilize best from" standpoint, that would be as far back as possible. If you shoot a release, you can get them back pretty far, but I do know my older aluminum shafts are swaged to a taper that wouldn't lend itself to fletching real easy if they were really close to the nock.

--cutthroat.trout

The Rev · 02-01-2006, 10:27 PM

I go 1 1/4 " from the end of the shaft... I've been doing this for years and works fine for me.

Greg / MO · 02-01-2006, 10:59 PM

I fletch with a Bitzenburger, and I put the end of my feathers right at the end of the clamp. Keep in mind, though, that there's a small indentation which doesn't come in contact with the base of the feather, but adds some distance to where the actual feathers will be glued on to the shaft.

You can see how far away from the nock they come out in this pic: