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Pat B:
Drag is the steering and the spin from the feathers helps to stabilize the flight. Fluflus retard the flight so they would work but slow the arrow down too much for regular shooting. Ideally you want the smallest fletching that will still help correct paradox but still allow the arrow to go the distance.
 You might try different length and different height of fletching as well as straight, offset or helical fletching.

1442:
4" fletch will have more surface exposed as the tail end varies out from line of trajectory like when porposing and more streamlined once everything straightens out. A small flu flu would apply a static amount of drag and slower recovery of any tail swings. I think
flu flus are designed to flutter and create maximum drag and slow the arrow down and even small ones would have that effect where fletching cuts through the air smoothly and more efficient.

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