2" blazers and helical....
#1
2" blazers and helical....
I currently shoot 2' blazers on my axis 400's, I have them fletched with "straight 1 degree" az ez fletch. They fly great for field points, but I have not shot the BH yet out of the new bow. Is the 1 deg ok for BH? should I be using a 4 deg or 6 deg right helical, or does it matter??
#3
RE: 2" blazers and helical....
well, Im not sure which one is actually on my arrows. I asked the shop when they did it, he said it was 1 deg, I called today he said he may have used the 4 deg one but he doesn't remember.
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ELK GROVE CA USA
Posts: 1,251
RE: 2" blazers and helical....
ORIGINAL: AZHuntr
I am using the Bohning fletching jig plastic red one and I just bought the right helcal and I love the difference. The helical is slight but it does help stabilize the arrow.
I am using the Bohning fletching jig plastic red one and I just bought the right helcal and I love the difference. The helical is slight but it does help stabilize the arrow.
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RAYVILLE,LA.
Posts: 818
RE: 2" blazers and helical....
va I use the ez fletch with the helical arms with blazers and I get very good results with the helical.I am a firm believer that if you shoot a fixed blade broadhead you should be using some deg of helical,the more helical you can get the better for perfect broadhead flight.
#6
RE: 2" blazers and helical....
On the 2" Blazers, you want to strive for an RH helical offset that amounts to about the width of the base of the fletch. In other words, if you look straight down the shaft, the right edge of the back of the fletching's baselines up with the left edge of the front of the fletch base. Does this make sense?
#8
RE: 2" blazers and helical....
It should work regardless of arrow length. The only time the 2" Blazers have let me down was with a 31" CE Terminator shaft pushing a Magnus Bullhead turkey head. For that, I had to use real 5" feathers with a hard helical offset - even 4" plastic veins weren't enough.
#9
RE: 2" blazers and helical....
ALso, I had the same problem awhile back. Bow was shooting BH and field points exactly the same and, once I put on new string/cables, couldn't get them to group the same. After a little break in period, however, I did some major retuning on the bow - twisting cables and strings to restore ATA and brace height, as well as moving the rest and nocking point a bit- and wound up with things grouping the same again.This issue may not have anything to do with the arrows or fletching.