Feather Shape

[wingate_52]

For indoor use, should I use a parabolic or a shield cut feather? At present I am using parabolic cut 5" feathers. There is a feeling at my club that shield cut perform better at the shorter distances and parabolic should be used at longer distance. What are your feelings about this. I will only use these arrows at short distance indoors, so no wind problems.

[worthipa]

Makes very little difference, use whichever you fancy ....

[Longbow_Gold]

I would agree with that, purely because your release technique can be a large part in how accurate an arrow flies, more so than the shape of the fletching

I personally would be happy using medieval fletches on my arrows, reguardless of infdoor or outdoor use, after all, they're all still meant to do the same job, to hit the target right in the middle

Willie

[archer_thom]

Having used both due to availability of the colours I wanted, I'd have to say that the only noticeable difference is that parabolics appear to keep their shape better over a season.

[English Bowman]

At short distance (indoors) the shape isn't too important, what you want is as much steerage as possible, so go for the biggest feathers that you can get away with.

Daniel