Originally Posted by
annika3
Guy asked a question on why shoot anything but a fixed and I answered it.
Do you really believe a fixed will fly as good as a mechanical in wind? or torque in the bow? or a bad release? REALLY? Don't you think the exposed blades of a fixed causes these things to be magnified?
Yes, REALLY. Reread the part of my post about a properly tuned bow and arrow.
That's why mechanicals like the rage sell so well. People put a fixed on and doesn't impact anywhere near their FP's so, instead of tuning their bow and arrow to shoot properly and efficiently, they hide the problems with a mechanical. The improperly tuned bow and arrow are why you read about the non-passthroughs when the bow and arrow should have plenty of energy to get one. All of that inefficiency due to improper or no tuning wastes the stored energy. That is also why the arrow is more sensitive to the outside forces you mention.
I have shot solid 2 blade, open 2 blade, 3 blade, 4 blade fixed heads in the wind, torqueing on purpose and other ways and they fly just fine. I have even shot 2 blade on a bareshaft at 30 yds and it flew just fine.
A well built arrow with a good FOC that has medium to heavy weight to it flying out of a bow tuned for it does just fine. A light arrow with 8% FOC out of an untuned bow is the perfect candidate for a mechanical like a rage to cover up all of the problems in a setup like that.