Non-aligned Fletching
04-13-2007, 09:54 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Non-aligned Fletching
Just curious here. Was watching Bowtech's tv show and they were talking about properly selecting/setting up a new bow. But I did notice one thing. The guy who was shooting had arrows that were fletched with 3 blazer vanes but they were not all lined up on the same location.
The first one appeared to be where you would normally place the fletch. The next one seemed to be aligned an inch or so down the shaft (from where the first one was fletched). And the third was even further down the shaft.
They seemed to shoot fine and he had no problems.
I was just curious of why that would be done and what the advantages are?
As always, appreciate the insight on this board.
The first one appeared to be where you would normally place the fletch. The next one seemed to be aligned an inch or so down the shaft (from where the first one was fletched). And the third was even further down the shaft.
They seemed to shoot fine and he had no problems.
I was just curious of why that would be done and what the advantages are?
As always, appreciate the insight on this board.
04-15-2007, 11:51 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Non-aligned Fletching
That was getting to be quite the fad a few years back, then it kinda faded away. The theory is it gives close tothe same stabilizingeffect of using much larger fletching. With Blazers, the distance from the forward-most fletch to the most rearward would equal about 5" vanes.I've tried it and it seems to work fine. Just looks odd.
04-15-2007, 12:16 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Non-aligned Fletching
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
That was getting to be quite the fad a few years back, then it kinda faded away. The theory is it gives close tothe same stabilizingeffect of using much larger fletching. With Blazers, the distance from the forward-most fletch to the most rearward would equal about 5" vanes.I've tried it and it seems to work fine. Just looks odd.
That was getting to be quite the fad a few years back, then it kinda faded away. The theory is it gives close tothe same stabilizingeffect of using much larger fletching. With Blazers, the distance from the forward-most fletch to the most rearward would equal about 5" vanes.I've tried it and it seems to work fine. Just looks odd.
