ORIGINAL: Contenderman
I shot my new Slick Tricks today and I heard a whooosh kinda sound as they flew to the target. I'm shooting these at about 260fps on Carbon Express Selects with Blazer vanes (some offset). Is there any way to get rid of the noise? Should I refletch my arrows using the same fletching but with no offset or helical? Will Bh flight suffer THAT much with no spin? Will the noise spook game? I'd hate to have to spend more money just to TRY some other bh's. [:@]
I had the exact experience with 100 grain slick tricks. I tried different slick trick heads on different arrows and it was the same. Definitly the broadhead. I was shooting a 410 grain Gold Tip XT camo hunter arrow at 10% FOC with blazer vanes out of my 70 # bow at 275 fps. I switched to muzzy's and the "humming" was gone. I also shot all the other different type of broadheads I have and all were silent. Having said that, I actually shot a deer with it the "humming" slick tricks and, if anything, it may have made the deer curious since it was looking right at me and didn't move. The "humming" is interesting. It's got to be an aerodynamic vibration peculiar to this head's design at around these speeds.