Too much Helical?
09-27-2007, 08:03 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Normal, IL
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RE: Too much Helical?
As long as your feathers stay on it should be ok. Definitely a good thing for traditional gear. If your shooting a compound for close distance it would be fine, but that much helical is going to slow your arrow down at greater distances causing loss of KE. Might not be enough to matter, just something to consider. Best of luck.
09-27-2007, 08:40 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: Too much Helical?
thats one thing i miss about my 4" feathers. them babies had a similar helical on them. i just beat them up WAY to quick.
next year when i get a fletching jig i want to experiment a little. test em out BC...see how they work for you. cant hurt to test out right??
ive always heard hard helicals and feathers cause speed loss because of more drag....but how much really?? guess i gotta setup a chrono if i ever get one and find out
man i need to buy one...i got 10003 uses for one...i rather have accuracy over speed...if the loss aint THAT great, but the accuracy gain is noticable, im all for it.
let us know how it works for ya BC! are them 4 or 5" vanes??
good color combo too i might add
thats the colors of my blazers this year
next year when i get a fletching jig i want to experiment a little. test em out BC...see how they work for you. cant hurt to test out right??
ive always heard hard helicals and feathers cause speed loss because of more drag....but how much really?? guess i gotta setup a chrono if i ever get one and find out
man i need to buy one...i got 10003 uses for one...i rather have accuracy over speed...if the loss aint THAT great, but the accuracy gain is noticable, im all for it. let us know how it works for ya BC! are them 4 or 5" vanes??
good color combo too i might add
thats the colors of my blazers this year
09-27-2007, 08:55 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RAYVILLE,LA.
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RE: Too much Helical?
as long as you are getting vane clearance through your rest you should be fine.the more helical the better it will not slow ur arrow enough at bow dtstances to matter,anyway if you have your bow sighted in at longer distance your fine,you won't lose enough ke to make much od a difference.
09-27-2007, 09:28 PM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
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RE: Too much Helical?
ORIGINAL: treboryerf
as long as you are getting vane clearance through your rest you should be fine.the more helical the better it will not slow ur arrow enough at bow dtstances to matter,anyway if you have your bow sighted in at longer distance your fine,you won't lose enough ke to make much od a difference.
as long as you are getting vane clearance through your rest you should be fine.the more helical the better it will not slow ur arrow enough at bow dtstances to matter,anyway if you have your bow sighted in at longer distance your fine,you won't lose enough ke to make much od a difference.
09-27-2007, 09:33 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Normal, IL
Posts: 1,552
RE: Too much Helical?
I havent tested it big, but makes sense the more air resistance you have the more speed you will loose. I know you dont want to shoot vanes for traditional, guess I didnt look close enough. My appologies. Ive seen on some manufactures websites they dont recomend going with helical, more of an offset because of the speed loss.
09-28-2007, 04:07 AM
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RE: Too much Helical?
The purpose of fletching is to create drag on the rear of the arrow. The more drag, the more control you'll have, especially in wind. Helical not only creates more drag, but it gets the arrow spinning. Spinning is good when talking about arrows. If you spine is off a bit or your arrow has the tendancy to plane, spinning will help bring it back on the intended line.
One thing about helical, it's either all or none. A given helical clamp can only attach a fletch one way to your shaft. There is no adjustment. To change the amount of helical, you have to change the shaft. The larger the diameter, the greater the helical. If you shoot helical vanes, you won't be able to group your field tips in practice. If you do, you'll put a lot of holes through the vanes.
One thing about helical, it's either all or none. A given helical clamp can only attach a fletch one way to your shaft. There is no adjustment. To change the amount of helical, you have to change the shaft. The larger the diameter, the greater the helical. If you shoot helical vanes, you won't be able to group your field tips in practice. If you do, you'll put a lot of holes through the vanes.
09-28-2007, 05:24 AM
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RE: Too much Helical?
ORIGINAL: Straightarrow
One thing about helical, it's either all or none. A given helical clamp can only attach a fletch one way to your shaft. There is no adjustment. To change the amount of helical, you have to change the shaft.
One thing about helical, it's either all or none. A given helical clamp can only attach a fletch one way to your shaft. There is no adjustment. To change the amount of helical, you have to change the shaft.