Good post, we need more like this one.

The better tuned your setup is the less you need to rely on your stabilization with a helical fletch. I've shot standard 125 thunderheads with 3" slight offset vanes. Nothing special at all.

rybohunter I don't dispute the fact that a properly tuned setup will shoot fixed bh well,but with the speeds that todays bows are pushing arrows these days you can't go wrong with a good helical to offset the blades of the bh trying to steer the arrow.I will always shoot a helical and I have never had a broadhead flight problem while doing so.I have had problems trying to shoot them out of the same setup with an straight or slight offset fletch but if you get good flight with your setup then good,but I would say that is not the norm.

So what kind of fletch are you putting this helical on?

The past 3 years it has been blazers,before that I used either a 4"or 5" acc vanes.My point is it doesn't matter as long as it's a helical fletch which causes the arrow to spin for better control and flight.

Not necessarily. I've tuned my bow to shoot pretty straight, and I shoot Straight Blazers, helical Blazers, Straight 4" Duravanes and helical 4" Duravanes, and I can punch a BH where I want to with any of the 4. If the arrow is spined right and spins true, then the rest of the work needs to be put into the bow.

Give me a 4-5" offset fletch (or better yet...a feather) and I'll give you a 2" vane fletched helical EVERY TIME. The company that makes them (blazers) even recognizes the futility in trying to put a helical fletch on such a short vane.

IMO....you're picking a nit, here.

If you get good flght then good for you,but imo physics tells us that if you got basiclly wings on the front of an arrow they will fight with the back of the arrow for control if the arrow does not have some spin to it when shot,especially at high speeds of say 250 fps or more.Anyway I am just expressing my opinion based on my experience with doing it both ways,doesn't mean I'm right but hey I get great results with any broadhead I shoot and I have been using the old muzzy 3-blade 125 gr for several years now.The only reason I brought it up is that I believe a lot of people overlook the importence of good fletching on a hunting setup.Good arrow flight is the product of both the arrow and it's componets and the bow,both have to be matched to each other as best as you can for the best results.Gmmat didn't mean to change the course of your thread man.

I'll give you that one,to be honest I only switched to the blazers when I went to a wb rest,and I flecth them with an arizona flechter so your right it does not have as much helical as I would like,but you can put a good helical on them with practice and a different jig,but I get gr8 arrow flight with my setup and if I ever go back to a drop away rest I will go back to a 4 or 5" vane,I guess it is just that I have a lot of confidence in it.

An arrow will spin regardless if there is helical, offset or even straight fletch.The amount of spin and the speed of spin is the only question.


Yes,it is totally possible to get good arrow flight without helical vanes and better yet,feathers but no way will they do as well in adverse conditions as the helical feather.The problems will show up when you torque a bow at the shot or the wind is blowing at a fairly good rate.Contrary to popular belief,feathers even work when wet.


How well the bow and arrows are in tune definately make a difference and even the amount of foc is a huge factor but I will stick with helical feathers for fixed blade heads.I am starting to test out the Razr 2" feathers to see how well they work when adverse conditions are in play and so far,they are doing pretty well.