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Old 09-10-2004 | 09:48 AM
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Rangeball
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Default RE: Broadhead info from Mag.

Look at any aircraft wing and you’ll see a nice radius leading edge with a taper to a sharper trailing edge in back. This alone should tell you that any fixed blade design is already in trouble. The obvious problem is we can’t hunt very well with dull blades with a nice 1/16” radius in front with sharp trailing edges. The fixed blade would fly faster and straighter this way, but severely affect its ability to make a humane harvest.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't airplane wings purposefully designed as you describe in order to permit "Lift"?

If broadhead were similarly designed, I would fully expect it to do the upside down version of archery... You'd have to aim really low

To me, when I see that claim, it means if I do my part (form, tuning, etc) the head will impact the same place as a like weighted field point. I'm not too concerned if they don't literally face the same aeordynamic consequences...
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