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I have a question that I hope someone can answer for me. If the arrow is spinning in flight will that effect how a broadhead penetrates? Would'nt a broadhead penetrate better, and by that I mean straighter if the arrow was'nt spinng?

BowHunterJim

just dont think about things like that'


they confuse me like,


if a man goes and gets a beer but the fridge light doesn't come on does he still get drunck?

MattH

Hmmm it seams to me that a spinning broad head is what you would want to penetrate. Correct me if i'm wrong but wouldn't it have a "drill bit" type action and make a nice hole into the flesh of your target?

BowHunterJim

only if u have a BH that has helical to the blades.

Beezer

I actually wondered the same thing. It would seem that a spinning broadhead with straight blades would slow down when it penetrates more than if it weren't spinning. I guess for a test you could drop a broadhead straight into a glass of water or something and then try spinning as you drop it. I'd think the straight flat blades would be slower and have less penetration while rotating.

JimPic

millions of critters have been killed with arrows that spin--I don't think it's a big problem and really nothing to worry about

MattH

Good point Jim, very good point.

Leverdude

They pass thru while spinning. I need a bigger deer I guess to find out.

Drizzu213

An arrow that's spinning morepenetrates better than one thats not, because there is more K.E. behind the tighter spinning one.because the weight is more centered, or something like that.

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Kinetic energy is a product of mass and velocity.