ORIGINAL: Arthur P
Is this like a trick question or do people really question wheather thier arrows spin?
We who shoot traditional don't qestion it, bigcountry,because our arrows fly slow enough we can see them do it. But most of these guys with their rocket launcher compounds don't have a clue. I bet a lot of 'em have never seen an arrow fly from their bow because they close their eyes at release and the arrow is sticking in the target by the time they open them again.
Not saying your wrong, and you probably know more about this than i do, but I just shot my Blazers with only a slight helical 10 times. I put a blue dot on the cock vane down blazer and 10 out of 10 times the blue dot fletching was facing down just as it was knocked on the arrow. Note that this was at about 8 yrds in my apartment so i dont know if distance has anything to do with it or not.
Arrow speed, rate of spin and distance all affect how many revolutions your arrow will make on it's way to the target. Not to mention that the fletching won't even induce spin until the arrow is some distance from the bow. The faster the bow shoots, the further the arrowtravels before the fletching catches the wind and even begins to spin and stabilize it.
We'll play with Dubbya's numbers 300 fps, 1100 rpm. Your target is at 8 yards or 24 feet. At 300 fps, the arrow will strike the target in .08 second. 1100 rpm is 18.3 rounds per second. 18.3 X .08 = 1.46
So, the very most your arrow could spin in 24 ft is 1 1/2 revolutions,and it's not likely to startspinning at all in that short of a distance.
Thanks Arthur...now I don't have to type all that!
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Go look at the link I gave you. It's not MY information.
You can take it up with them.
GMMAT...easy there, no reason to get short with me. When I said your information, I meant the information you provided for this thread. In terms of discussing the what is said on that website, you entail more 'possession' of it than others who are reading this thread, therefore I made a simple statement of 'yours'. I had no intention of claiming you were the one who came up with that theory.