ORIGINAL: mobow
Yeah, now that's some sweet information right there.....That sure goes against what I'm seeing though. I'm shooting at 60 yards a lot here lately, and them babies drop off the planet quick, fast, and in a big hurry. I'm certainly not arguing the man, but don't feathers stabilize better because they disrupt more air; wind resistance? And if so, would that not cause them to slow down more quickly? Or does the weight difference negate that?
I suspect that the feathers and vanes in the test were fletched at a slight offset and your feathers (mine too) are fletched using a helical. Mine are fletched with a helical
and offset and that is why, in my tests, that my feathered arrows slowed down more quickly at the longer ranges.
I also suspect that blazers would be faster than 4" plastic vanes and more equal to feathers in a similar test.