Left vs right wing makes absolutely no difference, unless you ask the bird they came from. You don’t want to be a turkey with left wing feathers on the right wing or vice versa. It’d be goofy looking and probably would make it very difficult to fly.

With that said, I shoot left wing feathers so that when I shoot single bevel broadheads, I shoot left beveled. And the reason for that is, it’s easier for me to sharpen using my right hand (I’m right handed) with the arrow pointing away from me on a left bevel broadheads than with a right beveled broadhead, while using a file.

The greater degree the helical, the more the fletching will control the arrow flight, and the faster the arrow loses speed, due to drag. Also, the great degree the helical, the louder the flight of the arrow. I use a very, very slight offset. Not dead on straight, but not even close to what would be considered helical.

Patrick wrote: Left vs right wing makes absolutely no difference, unless you ask the bird they came from. You don’t want to be a turkey with left wing feathers on the right wing or vice versa. It’d be goofy looking and probably would make it very difficult to fly.

With that said, I shoot left wing feathers so that when I shoot single bevel broadheads, I shoot left beveled. And the reason for that is, it’s easier for me to sharpen using my right hand (I’m right handed) with the arrow pointing away from me on a left bevel broadheads than with a right beveled broadhead, while using a file.

The greater degree the helical, the more the fletching will control the arrow flight, and the faster the arrow loses speed, due to drag. Also, the great degree the helical, the louder the flight of the arrow. I use a very, very slight offset. Not dead on straight, but not even close to what would be considered helical.

Excellent answer… now my question. Isn’t “fletching controlling the arrow flight” exactly what we are trying to achieve?. I will take loss of arrow speed any day to achieve the best broadhead flight possible. More helical does produce a somewhat louder arrow, but if your bow is tuned well, I have observed a great reduction in arrow flight noise.

I have been experimenting with the turbulators and have found them effective in reducing arrow noise.

Ireland

Hey Ireland,

What’s a “turbulator”??

I’m new to this too and have heard typically yright-handed shooters shoot left helical etc….Also been told doesn’t matter. I can say with assurance that my left fletched slight helical (using Bburger left clamp) with 5 in feathers definately get my MUCH better groups than straight fletched 4 in…

Be well all.

jmsmithy wrote: Hey Ireland,

What’s a “turbulator”??

I’m new to this too and have heard typically yright-handed shooters shoot left helical etc….Also been told doesn’t matter. I can say with assurance that my left fletched slight helical (using Bburger left clamp) with 5 in feathers definately get my MUCH better groups than straight fletched 4 in…

Be well all.

What is a “turbulator”? Go to the Ashby forums and read the the post, “The Silent Arrow”. Excellent information…

Ireland wrote: [quote=jmsmithy]Hey Ireland,

What’s a “turbulator”??

I’m new to this too and have heard typically yright-handed shooters shoot left helical etc….Also been told doesn’t matter. I can say with assurance that my left fletched slight helical (using Bburger left clamp) with 5 in feathers definately get my MUCH better groups than straight fletched 4 in…

Be well all. [If you don’t stand for something, then you stand for nothing]

Thanks Ireland

Great info there. I can spend days reading Dr. Ed’s information.

What is a “turbulator”? Go to the Ashby forums and read the the post, “The Silent Arrow”. Excellent information…

Ireland wrote: Isn’t “fletching controlling the arrow flight” exactly what we are trying to achieve?. I will take loss of arrow speed any day to achieve the best broadhead flight possible. More helical does produce a somewhat louder arrow, but if your bow is tuned well, I have observed a great reductions in arrow flight noise.

Control yes…but if there was no such thing as excessive fletching control, there’d be no disadvantage to using flu-flu’s.

The better your bow and arrows are tuned to each other, the less arrow control is necessary via fletching.

Depends on what the Flu-Flu’s are being used for. They are slower, louder and very restrictive flight distant.

I am like Patrick, I use left wing helical. However, for a right handed shooter right wing helical with cock feather in works just as well. (I shoot cock feather in with left helical anyway. So the differences is really moot). Anyway, I prefer left helical, and I mount to the shaft with a straight clamp using a 1 degree offset. That is all.

Increased overall mass of feathers used will reduce speed and increase noise.

The main purpose of Fletch is to stabilize the flight of the arrow as it comes out of paradox.

I prefer 4″ feathers with a very slight off set helical,,because they look the part more than anything.

Now,in march last year I was offered a trip to hunt New Zealands small and pretty hard to access Whitetail herd,so after reading all the “string jumping” storys on the net,I did some experimenting with as many different fletching combinations as I could with the end result being I used 2″ Rayzar feathers as they proved the quitest in my not very scientific experiments,,plus they flew just great.
The end result was that the doe I shot “didn’t hear it coming.

Today,due to the fact my wife lost her job 6 months ago,and I’m now off work due to a back operation I’m currently recovering from,,,funds are at an all time low and I’m fletching my arrows with what ever I have laying about in my shed.
I now have arrows with 4″ Plastic vanes,4″ parabolics, 5″ parabolics,,as well as a few with the remaining 2″ Rayzars,,,,and they all fly just fine.

John.

I primarily use a left wing. I am right handed and have shot both left and right and killed animals both ways, with no noticable difference with regards to where the arrow lands. It is my understanding that the only necessity for a right or left other than personal preference is going to be when you want to match a right wing helical to a right handed single bevel broadhead.