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[bassman211]

Flight shooters ..... Badger, Sleek, Arvin Question... a  ell tuned 35 lb bow shooting a 355 gr arrow arrow at 150 fps should shoot an arrow about how far? I love watching them sail.

[sleek]

I cant help you with that specific question unfortunately. I can tell you that you want to see 185 fps at 9gpp to be seriously competitive. So 315 grain arrow should fly very close to 185fps, you hit close to those numbers and you have a bow that can compete and compete with a strong chance of breaking records. The hard part after that is tuning the arrow.

[Badger]

   I believe it is about 150 yards.

[Tuomo]

I would like to see some kind of table for flight archery showing the relationship between arrow weight, arrow speed, and approximate flight distance.

For example, it would be helpful to compare 150, 200, and 250 grain arrows at launch speeds of 250 fps, 300 fps, and 350 fps to estimate how far each setup might fly. Badger has a lot of knowledge on this topic, so it would be great to have a comprehensive table outlining what to expect. The more values included, the better!

[Badger]

I would like to see some kind of table for flight archery showing the relationship between arrow weight, arrow speed, and approximate flight distance.

For example, it would be helpful to compare 150, 200, and 250 grain arrows at launch speeds of 250 fps, 300 fps, and 350 fps to estimate how far each setup might fly. Badger has a lot of knowledge on this topic, so it would be great to have a comprehensive table outlining what to expect. The more values included, the better!

 To be honest with you, it is very hard to get any meaningful comparison of speed to distance just because of arrow tuning making such a huge difference. Ivar Malde has pretty good data in that speed range. I concluded that 230 fps can reach 400 yards with a near-perfect shot just based on some anomalies durring practice sessions. 260 fps can reach 500 yards. I am like you in that I would really like to see some meaningful data here. I think in the next couple of years we will start to see more as the base of flight shooters in Europe seems to be growing and they are starting to perfect the arrow tuning aspect.  If you happen to run across anything please post it here. I know a lot of us would be interested.

[bassman211]

I am pretty sure you guys have to adhere to certain rules when flight shooting the flats. What are some of the rules?  Just curios.

[bassman211]

Been reading on flight shooting. Alan case hurting his leg shooting, and  his arrow out of Hatfield's bow to break a record etc. Some good reading.

[sleek]

I am pretty sure you guys have to adhere to certain rules when flight shooting the flats. What are some of the rules?  Just curios.

The list of rules depends on what category/bow type you want to shoot. Generic rules dictate what material strings, bows, and arrows can be made of, as well as arrow lengths and draw lengths. What type shooting do you have in mind? Or more generally, what bow do you want to shoot and we can find out where you fit in best.

[bassman211]

Sleek ..... I will never shoot the flats, but for my own fun just being curios. I have been reading , and learning bit by bit. Amazing what the Turks did way back when. I no longer hunt ,so I think playing around with distance shooting would be a lot of fun along with target shooting.

[sleek]

The general idea of what I do is to shoot with no synthetic materials. You can have a laminate but it has to be all natural materials. What bow set up do you have?