ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr
ORIGINAL: millerhunter13
well for me i shoot a carbon arrow, but i am shooting a 125 grain head, so its is heavier, i dont mind giving up speed, as long as i can still have a flatter shooting that my last bow.
Well, you can't have BOTH!!! More SPEED = FLATTER TRAJECTORY. Try the STS by MeanV (Dan), and you should be pleasantly surprised. I just slid a USED STS on my Highlander, and it made it feel as nice as my Trykon to shoot. Being a parallel limb bow, in comparison to the old PSE you shot, that BEAR ought to be like comparing a Cadillac to a Yugo. As far as noise goes, especially with Drop-Aways, sometimes it seems there isn't a perfect way to ELIMINATE all of if, you only muffled it enough that you're happy with it. Which is part of the reason I'm tinkering around with a couple of prong rests right now.
Well, you can have both, but you have to sacrifice FOC, not speed really. Imagine you are shooting two arrows that weigh 425 grains. Arrow a is 10 GPI, 30" long, 100 grain tip (including insert)and a 10 grain nock with 15 grain weight in fletchings. Arrow B is 9.17 GPI, 30" long,125 grain tip (including insert), 10 grain nock and 15 grain weight in fletchings.
Theorhetically, both arrows would travel at the same speed out of the bow because they weight the same. BUT, Arrow A has a FOC of 8.85% while Arrow B would have an FOC of 11.57%. Both arrows would travel at the same speed at the point they leave the string (theorhetically) but arrow A would have a flatter trajectory because of it's lower FOC, but Arrow B should have deeper penetration because of it's high FOC.
It's all about FOC. Most people like a high FOC for hunting (12-20% some say) and a low FOC for target shooting (6-12%) or lower. It's all about personal preference.
The point is, you can give up speed AND get a flatter shooting arrow. But usually it doesn't really matter because most people won't shoot past 30-40 yards. It's all about practice and being able to shoot well at distances you are comfortable with.