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woodsman1031:
Hello,

  I made an arrow from a 5/16" dowel last week and used duct tape for fletching. It shot really well, even better than aluminum arrows I have! I got some craft feathers from walmart to put feather fletching on this shaft as an experiment. I removed the tape and tied on 2 feathers. I dont think it shoots as well as the duct tape. The duct tape fletching showed an orientation (nock direction) preference and so do the feathers. I wish I had marked the shaft so I could see if it was the same.

Do yall think my problem lies in the craft feathers being inferior or in the way I tied them? I really expected the feather performance to be better than the duct tape. One thing I noticed is that I could not get the feathers to run paralell to the shaft. Both of them "ran off" a bit to one side. The feathers sound COOL flying through the air!

here is a picture, thanks for all of the input.

Tommy

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Pat B:
The fletching on an arrow is the steerage. You may not have enough drag with the feathers you are using. Try 3 or 4 of them and see how it works. Do you have a pic of your duct tape fletching?     Pat

woodsman1031:
here it is

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woodsman1031:
One thing that suprised me about the duct tape is that I would have expected the arrow to "jump" off the shelf. I sure expected the feathers to do better because they should "fold" when they pass the shelf.


Tommy

Pat B:
Tommy, When you release an arrow, it shouldn't touch the bow at all. You must have the tape fletching positioned just right so it clears bow on release.
   One reason if flies better is because the tape is more rigid than the feathers and adds more wind resistance.     Pat

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