Another fletching question

[Extremebowman]

Didn't want to hijack Damon's thread but It reminded me of a question -

I have been to a couple shoots where I saw guys with the cock fletch "higher" on the arrow than the other two. The two were the standard inch or so from the nock, the other one was 2 or 3 inches from the nock. Looked odd, what is the reason for this? Is it the cheek thing?

[Goldeneagle]

There are a lot of mind games played at tourney's. Guy's do this kind of stuff just to try and get people off their game. There was a huge buzz afew years ago when a guy had all 3 set different.

[Low Fence]

The "theory" behind this is, You will achieve the same performance with a short vane as a longer vane, and still gain the advantage of lighter fletching. I have never tried or done any fact or fiction test on this so I cant give an oppionion on its effectiveness.

And yes, there are lots of mind games out there

[Tuffbroadhead]

I have seen that before and wondered myself..

[JBS]

Staggered vanes cause the arrow shaft to behave like a longer vane was used. It is a way of gaining more control over the shaft with less weight.

[Damon73]

No problem Extreme, good question and this raises another question. My arrows aren't flying straight/true. they kinda have a fluttering motion to them, if that makes sense. I was thinking the fletching was hitting the cable or the riser, but no marks on the vanes. could it be the BH weight with 2" vanes ( I was shooting 4" vanes), 100 gr BH + 2"vanes= BAD set up for me???. Maybe I need to try a 85 gr BH. My draw length is 28" draw weight 68 lbs, Mathews Switchback XT.

[oktx]

No problem Extreme, good question and this raises another question. My arrows aren't flying straight/true. they kinda have a fluttering motion to them, if that makes sense. I was thinking the fletching was hitting the cable or the riser, but no marks on the vanes. could it be the BH weight with 2" vanes ( I was shooting 4" vanes), 100 gr BH + 2"vanes= BAD set up for me???. Maybe I need to try a 85 gr BH. My draw length is 28" draw weight 68 lbs, Mathews Switchback XT.

What spine and length arrows?

[Extremebowman]

Staggered vanes cause the arrow shaft to behave like a longer vane was used. It is a way of gaining more control over the shaft with less weight.

Interesting, would've never thought of that. But is it legit?

[DrenalinJunkie]

Staggered vanes cause the arrow shaft to behave like a longer vane was used. It is a way of gaining more control over the shaft with less weight.

yup........ there was a big buzz about this a couple years ago. Some swear by it and others say it was all hype.

[Goldeneagle]

The guy's at Spott Hogg do a lot of testing on different things. When the staggered vane thing happened a few years back, they set up a Hooter Shooter and started testing. They concluded that staggering the vanes made no difference at all.

[Extremebowman]

Thanks gents, guess I can put this one to rest. Didn't make any sense to me, but I'm not an expert either. I always figured vanes stabilized the arrow via surface area / skin friction so I didn't think placement would be that big of a deal, apparently not per the Hooter Shooter.