Floating Arrows??!!

[L-Roy]

To All,
Has anyone tried this to determine the "heavy" side of the arrow??!!

[James Park]

Leigh Cornish and I have tried this, but failed dismally. We found that surface tension meant that the results were completely random, even when we went to great pains to try to remove it using detergent. We could get the arrow to stop with what ever side we wanted to be up.

[Marcus]

I found the same as Jim. Have no idea what Kirk Etheridge was talkingabout in his book and wonder if it's a All alloy thing.

[James Park]

I should have mentioned that Leigh and I were trying to test carbon arrows.

[L-Roy]

Archers,
Well, I attempted to enter this post earlier today, but I guess that it is somewhere "floating" around in cyber space. :lol:

When floating arrows, the method by which one plugs the ends of the arrow could dictate which side is up or down.

Too, remember, arrows are not perfectly straight. Guess which side will float upward with respect to the side that contains the bend?

In my opinion, one should work on form instead of grasping at intangible concepts. No human is good enough to test arrows for any major manufacturer!

Even with my shooting machine at 80yds, the machine can't tell a perceivable difference between 0.003 or 0.006 total indicator run out (straightness).

[Marcus]

Personally I plugged mine using 2 pin nocks. Was consistant method but agree. As Jim often says "This difference is less than I am able to group" and that's what I decided.

You have a shooting machine, can I borrow it? ;) :)

[L-Roy]

Sure do!
Just send your yacht and I will hand load and accompany it for unloading!

Have always wanted to go to AU and NZ!

Now when will the yacht be here?

[Marcus]

Uuuummmm, I'm afraid of water so it could be a while yet.

Always a catch!!

Interesting thing about this arrow thing is that Kirk Etheridge swears by it. Makes you wonder if it's just something to help the book.

[L-Roy]

Naw, now he wouldn't do that , would he?

HUUUUMMMMMMM, in marketing, 101, seems like they told us to use whatever necessary to sell whatever widget or gadget at hand.

Books, widgets, gadgets!!?? What's the difference??