Wonky arrow

[DC]

A while back, someone, PD I think, said that if an arrow is wonky try shooting it cock feather in. I've just made one that does this. Cock fletch out goes wonky, cock fletch in goes straight as an arrow so to speak. If I reverse the fletching will it go straight cock fletch out? It's also got a bit of a bend so I'll straighten that out first and try it.

[Danzn Bar]

yep...I'd straighten out the bend before I re-fletched it...
DBar

[Pat B]

Yes, reverse the fletching.  There is a great article in the newest PA Magazine(Jun/Jul 2015).by our member Ryan Gill.
 Generally if you put the stiff side of the shaft to the bow the arrows fly well but that's not always the case.

[DC]

I bare shafted three arrows. Two of them showed a better side ie.- one way was a bit off but turned 180 degrees was great. No problem deciding where the cock fletch would go. The wonky one was the same both sides and it spined the same both sides. I was surprized. I thought this would be the best of the three. This is the second arrow I've had like this. I started a thread sometime last year about another wonky one. I still have it and it still shoots like crap. It would be nice to narrow down the problem a bit.

[Pat B]

When you are working with natural materials you get a dud occasionally. I make flu flus out of wonky arrows.

[DC]

 Straightening got rid of a bit of it but it was still a lot better cock fletch in. I reversed the fletching and it's good now. Of course removing the fletching messed up the stain so I had to sand, re-stain and clear coat before I could re-fletch.

[Danzn Bar]

I agree DC that is why I like to bare shaft all my arrows before I fletch them.
DBar

[DC]

I do too. This one flew fine until I put fletching on it. I actually saved the fletching and put it back on reversed. I use a jig so the fletching should be reasonably consistent. Like Pat said," some are just wonky"

[Danzn Bar]

Yep some just need to be shot into a 55 gallon drum right OO??

Hope you can read the attachment.....it is how I make arrows.................
DBar

[DC]

Thanks DB , interesting read. I'll try to do that although my points don't lend themselves to swapping out easily. I'll think on it.

[crooketarrow]

 Has nothing to do with a feather. Your just turning the shaft to the stiffer side of the arrow. Or it might have to do with the arrows straightness.

  But most likely it's the stiff side of the arrow turned the right way.

  When your finished the shaft ready to start fletching always put the stiff side of your shaft towards the bow.

  That way you start out with your shafts more alined. Next is weight very hard to get a matched set of self arrows. I don't even try any more. With a old slow self bow at 15 yards a few gains dos'nt matter.

 Were not shooting a 300 FPS bow. Then gains do matter.

[cdpbrewer]

For wood arrows, it's recommended that any grain runout  V’s are oriented upwards and towards the point end of the arrow so that if the arrow breaks it’s less likely to stick in ones bow arm or hand.   Doesn’t this trump the stiff side towards the bow wisdom?

c.d.

[Pat B]

That does trump using the stiff side of the arrow but on hardwood shoot arrows and cane you don't have those "flames".