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Old 07-06-2005 | 08:50 PM
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I was justg wondering ,would a helic fletched arrow which will spin and control the arrow better than a 2 deg offset, have a slower velocity at any givin yardage?To me it would seem so, because all the energy used to control the arrow by spinning; would seem to slow the arrow.Just wondering what you all thought.Maybe the slow down in FPS would be minimum.Have any of you cronoed and found out anything?
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Old 07-06-2005 | 08:59 PM
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You will not loose much speed by using a hard helical. I have heard about 4-6 fps with 4" helical vanes. With a 2 degree offset you won'tnotice any speedloss.You might lose1-2 fps, but that'snot thatmuch. The hard helical has much more advantages over the 2 degree offset, and speed loss should not be a deciding factor.
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Old 07-07-2005 | 05:53 AM
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I would believe the difference to be mariginal...a few fps at worst.
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Old 07-08-2005 | 06:40 PM
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Is there any difference in plastic vanes vs. feathers? I was thinking about goin feathers and helical with a wisker bisquit? I'm going for accuracy not speed. Thanks
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Old 07-09-2005 | 01:19 AM
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ORIGINAL: hockeyhead

Is there any difference in plastic vanes vs. feathers? I was thinking about goin feathers and helical with a wisker bisquit? I'm going for accuracy not speed. Thanks

Sure feathers are quit a bit lighter than vanes. I would think that a helical through a biscut would increase the speed lose even more than a straight normally does.
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Old 07-09-2005 | 01:41 AM
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ORIGINAL: nodog

I would think that a helical through a biscut would increase the speed lose even more than a straight normally does.
You will lose more speed by shooting a helical arrow through a Whisker Biscut. I have heard that you will lose about7 fps by using 5" helical vanes.
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Old 07-09-2005 | 06:13 AM
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I've used a whisker biscut since they came out and at one point I decided to change from offset vanes to helical feathers. I crono'd before the switch and after. The helical feathers only lost 1 fps - a completely irrelevant figure. The upside - broadhead flight in a crosswind improved greatly.
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