Stealth_Force

OK...now NORMALLY I admit, lighter arrows WILL have less KE than a heavier one shot out of the same bow.
Now THIS happens! Just when I was ready to stick with 100gn tips, or go to 125s....Just for the heck of it (buddy wanted to see "what'll she do?&quot I slapped on some 75 gn tips. Gained 13fps...and .5lb KE!!!
OK...now I have flatter trajectory, AND more KE...sounds the same (not a perceptable change).
So...with more speed and KE...no change in noise...WHY should I go heavy again??? (LESS KE! with MY set-up)

AB Bow Hunter

I am no wizard @ any of this but one thing I do know is, when you are calculating the KE, you use the speed number twice, so I think by cranking her up a bit in the fps category you can get a little more bang for your buck.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Boy I bet that bang for your buck line will draw some feedback on lighter arrows being louder! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Anyway, keep in mind this is coming form someone who is over 90 lbs of KE. That mark is attainted by a 375 grain arrow traveling 330 fps, flat trajectory is important to me.

PS: The bow is still amazingly quiet, the dam arrow flight is loud! Are vanes quieter than feathers in flight?


Good judgment comes from years of bad judgment.

Stealth_Force

Hunting Cape buffalo are we? :-)
USUALLY, even with the increase in speed, you STILL loose KE.
Yes, vanes are quieter than feathers in flight...at 330fps...MUCH quieter!