A day at an archery demo
Yesterday arfternoon i was invited at an archery demo, when talking with one of the instructors the conversation got the point of achievable distances with a bow and arrow.When i told him that i'm...
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Even it sounds like a fairy- tale, we should think over it.I guess the flattened mid section prevents the arrow to rotate and there´s some more energy for a longer flight?These arrows are seeming to...
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Flaten the mid section a bit is just lift up the spine but nothing more because the arrow will spin after shot, with paralell fletching or not. So the arrow is not an airplane or a rocket, like some...
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Fusizoli, if the fletching is adjusted in the same angle as the nock and if the fletching is small, there will be no rotating and a flattened midsection will make a very stiff arrow. But it´s always...
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Most likely it's all a pack of lies. Even if there was no rotation the job would be to make the arrow into an aerofoil whose rate of descent would be matched by the rising air off the hot runway. I...
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David, I guess you´re right, but it will ever be a kind of thrill to give such tales a try. Maybe there´s a bit of truth in it, I would not like to have missed it. I´ve done 2 shafts this way, both...
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1500m......umm! Fusizoli's right even perfectly parallel fletched arrows still spin. Redhawk - i'm interested to see what you have made. Any pictures to share please?
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redhawk 53 wrote:Fusizoli, if the fletching is adjusted in the same angle as the nock and if the fletching is small, there will be no rotating...Sorry Michael but this is fals. It will spin as Mike...
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I wonder if , to avoid spin, two feathers could be used and set, not at 180 degrees, but at some smaller angle; a dihedral. one right hand feather and the other a left hand with opposing tendencies...
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Very cool to see you guys thinking over it too, This guy told me the story without blinking an eye, he seemed absolutely confinced they pulled this stunt. Are some people just liars by nature, or does...
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Yes, even the craziest idea can set people off with some new thinking. My instinct with this one is that even if one could get closer to success the projectile would look less and less like an arrow,...
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I guess one could get some lift from rising hot air from the tarmac. But it would have to be a fair amout of lift to work. My imagination tells me that the arrow would almost need to hang in the air...
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Sorry, I didn´t notice that you guys are still discussing the topic. I´ve done some trials. The problem is the spin. I´ve seen some gliding, but if the feathers are not super- straight and exactly in...
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Don't use feathers then. Use something with zero curve in any way.
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Patrick, I gave a very thin rawhide a try today, next will be paper. Michael
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A crossbow might be a safer way to experiment with stiff straight fletching. Unless you use some form of shelf or siper. I wonder how much spinning was going on with the razor fletched arrows Harry...
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