Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

Anyone out there shooting four fletch arrows? I fletched up a couple arrows with four 3" feathers and I am impressed with the results. I fletched them at a full right helical. I got the idea from reading one of 5 Shots threads on broadhead flight and tuning. Does anyone know how much more arrow guidance four 3 inch feathers gives you over three 4" feathers?

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

4 , 3" feathers should give the same guidence as 3 , 4" inch feathers . Ive use 4 , 4" before and they worked well , had the blitzenberger set on 75x105 with a 4 degree offset .

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

Is that not 12 inches of fletching either way?????????????

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

I would think that inches of fletching isn't the point. More feathers would give more steer and stability. The wind is divided up among 4 feathers, and not 3. As a side note, my pro shop guy did an arrow up with 5 flu-flu feathers, and that thing didn't go past like 50 yards. Pretty neat.

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

so whats all the advantages of using 4 feathers?

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

Well if you fletch four at 90 degrees you never have to worry about which way you nock your arrow. They are all set up the same way in relation to your nock.

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

THat makes good sense, but does it have any stabilization advantages?

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

If the 3" & 4" feathers are the same height (I have never measured them to know) then I think the four 3" feathers might actually have a slight advantage as the angle from the quill to the crest of the feather would be more steep resulting in slightly more surface area.

Does any one have a digital scale handy that could weigh three 4" feathers and then four 3" feathers?

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

This is from True flight's web site. It would seem that they would be pretty darn close to having the same stabilizing abilities.

RE: Four Fletch??? 5 Shot???
 

I belive it is

There are disadvantages allso , cabel and rest clearance can be one .