Well said Art.

djd, when you went to expandable heads you didn't get rid of the planing problem. You just covered it up. Gaining the knowledge and understanding it, you should be able to get a good fixed blade head to fly well. It all comes down to having the properly matched equipment (mostly arrow spine for the bow) and knwoing how to tune your equipment to get it all right. This often takes time and patience, especially if you are a novice, but where do you think some of us got our knowledge? It just depends on how interested you are in archery.