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Scyth:
Forget the amount of bow poundage you’ve got . . .

How much arrow parasitic drag do you want to occur ? ? ?

Foreground : a normal 5/8” x 4” sized fletching
( .625 x 4.0 ) / 2 = 1.25 square inches)

Background : my 7/16” x 3.5” sized fletching
( .4375 x 3.5 ) / 2 = 0.7656 square inches)

( . . . my fletching has about .6125 % drag comparing to “normal” . . . )

Pappy:
OK, I guess you are saying larger feathers slow and arrow down more  ??? Who knew. ;) :)
 Pappy

mullet:
Wow! Usually, by the time a deer or hog hears that drag they are stuck.

bronco611:
since we like to tune with a bare shaft why not shoot bare shaft then you can be as math illiterate as I am an get by? Just kidding, I like slow arrows, makes it easier to see where it went when I miss!

Scyth:
At 15 yards - point blank - the difference is hardly noticeable . . .

at 30 yards the cumulative difference is quite noticeable ! !

( . . . what I seek is the best possible solution to parasitic drag : waste not  ultimate applied energy of the bow  . . . )

http://www.tap46home.plus.com/mechanics/ffletch.htm

regards,

Scyth

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