It probably wouldn't matter. A lot of people would buy them anyway, even if the gain were minimal. You could probablymake an arrow with a "dimpled" finish and market it based on the benefits of a dimpled surface to the flight of a golf ball andsome people would buy it.
Still, an ultra-tough, ultra-low friction finish would have some great benefits other than just speed.
My point exactly.
Did any of you guys read that article about the "Frictionless Carbon" from Argonne? Really awesome stuff. Definitely some utility in arrow-building. Says the stuff is ultra thin and ultra tough.
Rybo - I don't think it would really help much on the flight end (like you said, probably only a fraction of a percent), but the biggest reward would be that you wouldn't rip your shoulder out of socket while trying to wrench a Gold Tip out of a McKenzie target.