 Re: WANT TO HIRE
The nock being a insert is gonna happen I think. This is what I learned today. I built the arrow from 6061 solid aluminum. Anodized for strenght. I installed a safety slide a Muzzy pro tip drilled and pinned the tip and glued it drilled and tapped for the slide stop and glued on a nock. A Fiberglass Muzzy arrow with Pro Tip weighs 95 Grams. My Arrow weighed 125 Grams or 2000 grains total. I was looking for something more rigid and heavier to see if I could get more depth and penetration.
My thoughts were more rigid means less flex on release along with more weight leads to more kinetic energy. Slower but more energy like a choo choo train if you will.
My testing after work tonight revealed that my nock glue job yesterday sucked. Todays nock stayed put for many test shots and is ready for tommorow. The arrow flew well out to 35 yrds after that it would list just slightly but still enter the water straight and the bubble trail was awesome. Under 30 it flew flawless with a great impact on the water.
I always tried to calculate what my bow was doing with the fiber arrows and from what I could tell I could get 6-7 feet down. I went over to a little bridge that crosses the canal and shot straight down I was able to stick the arrow in the mud just slightly at fifteen feet down in a slight current. I was pretty impressed with this.
The material was not straightend and appeared pretty straight by the eyeball method. I am gonna look into how they get arrows perfectly straight. I think if things keep going the way the tests were tonight I will never buy another arrow just build my own.
GONNA STICK A PADDLE WITH ONE IN THE MORNING...........I HOPE......... |