Tips for Improving Arrow Flight – What Works for You?

[emmataylor]

Hi everyone,
I’ve been spending some time trying to improve the flight of my arrows, and it’s been a fun learning process. I notice small changes in point weight and fletching size can make a big difference. What little adjustments have worked best for you when tuning arrows for distance and accuracy?
Very glad to hear your experiences! 

Hole IO

[Pat B]

 Welcome to PA, emmataylor.
 The AMO standard for an arrow is, it will be 28" long with a 125 gr head. The minor adjustments you are talking about is, for each inch longer than 28" the effective spine value will decrease by 5# under the given spine and increase by 5# per inch shorter than 28".
 With the 125gr head, for each 25gr over 125gr the effective spine weight will decrease 5# and each 25gr under the 125gr will increase the spine by 5#. So you can start with a shaft with a given spine, add or subtract to the shaft length and/or head weight to find the arrow that you can shoot well. You and how you shoot are also part of the equation.
 I hope I haven't confused you.

[Eric Krewson]

If you are shooing a selfbow, make sure your tiller is spot on first.

I start out with bare shafting and changing my hand position to check the timing of my limbs.