Fast Flight String Noise

[Grand Passage]

Is it normal for a fast flight string to be louder than B50 Dacron?

I recently upgraded from the stock string on my Samick Sage to the 3 Rivers Fast Flight, and my bow went from almost silent to having a noise that I can best describe as sounding like a slap. After doing some reading, I thought it was limb slap, so I wrapped the ends of the string with yarn, but it made no difference. Brace height does not seem to make any difference either.

Arrows appear to be flying like darts, but it's almost too fast for me to see alone(180 fps w/ B50 and have not tested with new string yet).

Bow & Arrows Specs- #55/28" draw/480 grain arrow

[rebelbow]

yes very common
you can try felt on the tips and puffs ,seems to help on mine.
there are newer types of string that are "softer" not sure of the names

[PineyWoodsBow]

I just had the same thing happen. I put fast flight on and it became very loud. I guess that is normal for fast flight strings...

[RickBarbee]

Is it normal for a fast flight string to be louder than B50 Dacron?

Answer - No, it is not normal. A common occurrence, but not normal.
The shots will be louder only up to the point where you have the bow & arrows properly retuned for the new string.

Once properly tuned, the bow will be just as quiet, and often even quieter than with the B50 string.

Rick

[Bisch]

What Rick said! If you change string material, you will have to retune to get everything right again. Also, do you have string silencers?

Bisch

[Grand Passage]

What Rick said! If you change string material, you will have to retune to get everything right again. Also, do you have string silencers?

Bisch

I have wool string silencers, and have varied their position with no luck.

[El Paisano]

I have found that when properly tuned, they are quieter than B50 in general, although I do have some very quiet bows using B50. Brace height means a lot.

[Grand Passage]

Is it normal for a fast flight string to be louder than B50 Dacron?

Answer - No, it is not normal. A common occurrence, but not normal.
The shots will be louder only up to the point where you have the bow & arrows properly retuned for the new string.

Once properly tuned, the bow will be just as quiet, and often even quieter than with the B50 string.

Rick

I know it is just a general guideline, but according to the 3 Rivers dynamic spine calculator there is almost no difference between the B50 string and the 18 strand fast flight on my setup. That being said, the calculator does not work for my previous bow/arrow setup with the B50 string at all, and the arrows were flying perfectly.

I was hoping minor nocking point and brace height adjustments would get me where I need to be.

[El Paisano]

After re-reading your post I think what you are hearing may be from a weak shaft. In my experience, changing to a FF string requires a stiffer spined shaft. It may be that the arrow is hitting the riser somewhere. Check your nock point height also.
The quickest way to see if the spine is a factor is to put a lighter weight point in the arrow, probably drop at least 25 grains of point weight and see if it changes anything. Heavier arrows help absorb sound too.

[RickBarbee]

After re-reading your post I think what you are hearing may be from a weak shaft.

This more often than not is the cause of the slap noise after changing strings.
The arrow is slapping the bow most likely.

Rick

[Bisch]

Fast Flight String Noise

Another thing also is that different string materials make different pitch sounds. It may not be that the string is that much louder, but that your ears are perceiving the different pitch as louder!

Bisch

[M.E.B.]

Another thing also is that different string materials make different pitch sounds. It may not be that the string is that much louder, but that your ears are perceiving the different pitch as louder!

Bisch

How can you tell?

[Draco]

How can you tell?

I would ask that same question Mike.

[stykshooter]

Another thing also is that different string materials make different pitch sounds. It may not be that the string is that much louder, but that your ears are perceiving the different pitch as louder!

Bisch

x2 to me it's a different pitch I describe it as a ping & Dacron to me is more of a bass sound.

[Bisch]

How can you tell?

I would ask that same question Mike.

I have no problem hearing the "thud" of a longbow and the "TWANG" of a recurve! None at all. None of you folks understand hearing loss. It is not that I don't hear, it is that I don't understand spoken words, esp those in the higher frequencies.

Bisch