arrow stability

[pwiles1968]

I had a similar issue recently, The arrows were kicking out as they left the bow I could see them in flight, I did a re-tune exercise and they were flying straighter, when the bow was checked back in the shop it was miles out of centre, it was put back in tune and the arrows are kicking again but they are grouping much tighter, I wont be touching the bow again just because the arrows don’t look great in flight, as long as they group dont worry too much about it, I sometimes find the arrows at funny angles in the straw boss, I assume it is the weave.

[Rik]

That's more or less the same advice I got from a good compounder who used to shoot with us: it's better to have good groups and poor arrow flight, than good arrow flight and bad groups.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Rik

it's better to have good groups and poor arrow flight, than good arrow flight and bad groups.

Agreed. But it's usually possible to get good groups and good (if not always perfect) arrow flight. In fact, viewed from behind the bow, my arrows seem to describe a pronounced spiral downrange, but they'll still give me a 6 inch group at 90m provided I shoot them properly. I've seen other people's arrows fly like darts - Neil Dowsett used to get a very clean arrow flight out of his Hoyt (Ultratech I think) but his groups weren't any better (or worse) than mine.

Adam