Thread: Bare shaft tuning

Originally Posted by Cordite

I'll watch this thread with interest, haven't the foggiest what you's are talking about. Maybe someone can explain.

Why is this guy shooting unfletched arrows?

Is he actually putting a hunting tip onto unfletched arrows...but that would be like shooting an arrow with the fletching up front.

From the physics of air resistance, I'd expect a broadhead tip requires heavier fletching at the rear of the arrow. For stability, the rear must have more drag than the front of the shaft, and a broadhead will have more drag (from greater surface area) than a blunt tip. I'm not bullshitting, I'm just explaining why I'm confused what's going on.

The idea is that you want to be able to get a bare shaft to fly as straight out of the bow as possible. It's optimal to apply that force as directly in line with the arrow as possible. This is maximizing the efficiency of the arrow allowing it to collect as much energy as possible from the limbs. Once you have achieved that then all the fletching does is correct minor errors in the release, grip and flinches. @Cordite