RIGHT HELICAL vs LEFT HELICAL vs STRAIGHT FLETCH - arrow testing 

Great video, thanks for taking the time and effort for it!

Great Job doing this arrow test, and Thank you very much because you helped me to figure Out what arrows I want to get!

I really like the method of your test. Good job.

My Triax and V3x would both initially spin left. Made me question my right helical setup as well. Great Video.

really great video thanks for the effort just what I needed

Here is my theory. I think you need to spine index or nock tune your left helical arrows. Every single group has one flyer. Take the flyer out and the left was a better group. That flyer was fletched with the spine rotated. One thing I’d like to know is how much difference it makes shooting broadheads

Outstanding Experiment brotha….it makes a lot of sense when considering which helical to use when fletching arrows. However, spine testing arrows also, can really make a big difference as well,and then consider the right application of helical for the end result. Either way, I think they’ll all pull some pretty tight groups, even at long range😇🏹🏹👍. Thanks for posting 👍

I went with a slight left offset last year and arrow shot faster quieter and way more forgiving IMO thanks for testing

Great video Not enough people showing data like this out there. Just a whole lot of people repeating info they were told or read online

Excellent information young man, thanks for helping me and most everyone who sees this video....

This was a cool test. The human factor is always hard to account for. Having watched a bunch of videos, read a bunch of threads about arrow clocking recently, and played with my set ups I have a few thoughts. First fletching to nat spin makes sense for a trad bows since you have less heat, more variability in the shot with finger release, and generally are making shorter shots the quicker you get to good spin the better. With compound bows it would seem that the type of rest used would be an important factor. It seems that fletching opposite of nat spin might be advantageous when using a full capture rest (looking at you gobbler getters) since having a delay in start of rotation (slow mo videos show this) will help reduce interference and it passes through a biscuit or through the capture gates. I could even see an advantage of nat opposite fletching with any non-drop away rest or low clearance rest. If your arrow is spinning immediately after leaving the string, those vanes might slap your rest as they go by or increases the friction of the biscuit bristles. So maybe that pause steals a little speed/energy right at the front of the shot by fighting the natural spin, but it buys time to clear the bow before it starts up it's spinny motor. I would love to see more rounds at a set distance with each setup to see if there is more variability (higher standard deviation) with left h vs right h since you might get lucky on some left h shots and have no vane contact and unlucky other shots and have lots of vane slap. It seemed like the left h arrows had more of a tendency towards having one arrow that was just a wild flier with two touching each other in your rounds. Perhaps those wild fliers were arrows that slapped the rest on their way by. Maybe this applies to trad bows also, since a feather sliding straight across the shelf should have less friction (one plane) than a feather sliding both forward and rotationally across the shelf (two planes). So my current thinking is that checking your nat spin is good so that you can fletch opposite of that direction to take advantage of the spin pause it will give thus allowing the arrow to clear the bow before spinning. To that end since lots of folks fletch right h/offset because "that is the clamp that came with the jig", it seems like the archery community seems to have stumbled on what may be a good solution to a problem they did not even know they had (folks figure right h/offset shot good and went with it not overthinking the mechanics of the shot). Thanks for a thought provoking video, happy shooting.

Your findings make sense since your bare shaft naturally spins left, the straight fletch will eventually spin left at long distance. The right helical at long distance wil hold the arrow sturdy longer as if it was a straight. Cool

Very good video. Thank you for doing this

That 17 " on the strait... then 11.75 om the straight... like I don't know about this test brother.. that 8.75 group on the right definitely helped out the rh average. Was the straight like straight? No offset or anything? Ad straight as your human eye could set it?. So much of this is based on you. Love the video. I think anyone who is questioning this for themselves should go out and try it. Because alot of this is mental. If when you step up and draw that bow back, if you question, do i have the best arrow for this... your gonna get in your own head. You need to have the mind set. This is the best I'm gonna make a perfect shot. I appreciate the work you did on this video

Did you include distance from center of bullseye…thinking that this may affect your results. We all want them to go in the center. But a great test nonetheless

Great video. Nice job account for variables.

Helical direction will depend on the way the bow naturally spins the arrow off the string.

Great work! Enjoyed the video and gain some information to think about. I wonder how it effects once you shoot fixed broad heads.

So mega nerdy here, the way your sting is twisted is generally where this starts. I've been messing with this myself for a while. The string twist in most strings is to the left. I've been told the ABB is to the right (waiting till spring to test that) Im shooting a v3x and it just seems to shoot slightly to the left. I also have a Hoyt with a trophy (zebra string, the sacrilege lol) Both shoot to the left the v 3x a bit more. I shoot often like 3 times a week in most cases. The v3x is new and it took some serious time to dial it in with many different arrow combos. There is more than string twist that affects the arrow flight. Finding spine, bare, shaft tuning and so on. The type of vane and the way it is fletched. 4 fletch vs. 3 fletch. Now on the Hoyt I'm shooting a straight fletch with right offset. This bow is dead on if I put a right helical in it will shoot just right of the bullseye. On the v 3x I'm shooting right helical because I'm compensating for the natural left. My friend went left helical on his bow that shoots left but he is bringing it in with the site and rest. he believes why fight it. He feels the right helical slows the arrow down if it shoots to the left. Naturally, this all comes down to testing and seeing what your bow is doing, and how much you want to get it dialed in.

It might just be my eyes, but it looks to me like your fletches are indexed left/right. I don't see the "propeller" that helical usually creates. I enjoyed the vid though.

Was your bow tune with a right fletch arrow? That could have made a difference with consistency or path of arrow flight for the left offset and straight fletch. I know it’s probably a big can of worms to open. I just think there is more to be explored and tested. Maybe one day I can tune my bow for each arrow and see how they group. I was thinking bare shaft / nock tune first then fletch tune, it seems like a lot of work but i would love to gather this data.

I wonder if you did the same test with heavier tip weight. I had an 80lbs Mathews monster that had great arrow flight with right helical with a 30 inch arrow. A 29 inch arrow would have the parachute affect that you hear about when having too much helical. I wonder now if I could have added tip weight to correct the flight with a 29 inch arrow

Interesting testing. Personally have always ran RH. Assuming the FOC of each arrow was the same. Take a glance at FOC on your arrows. I prefer 12% FOC on my 29 inch arrows @ 50+ yards. Just a thought. Nice content.

Was your straight fletching offset in any way or perfectly straight with the arrow. I shoot traditional and have a left helical jig and thinking about buying the straight jig and offset them. But idk if that would be a waste of money. That was a very nice extensive testing you did. Thanks.

Thank you. I guess this tells that left or right no big difference

Great test. If I may, throw on some stabiliser rods & try the test again

My bare shaft didn't go left or right with a proper shot. Which way is the serving spun? It maybe which will spin better?

What degree left and right are you shooting that can play a big factor in arrow flight as to much left or to much right will throw the flight off.

There are so many factors in this test. To really find out you would need to set your bow on a stand and eliminate the human flaw. Indoors would also give different results given the elements would be erased. I haven't seen anyone do this test yet.

Arrows mater as well, one brand will spin right and one brand left with the same bow! You also need exact weight with each arrow.

You should number those arrows. You consistently always two arrows touching in the left helical and one wanderer I'm willing to wager that the one wanderer was the same one each time. Probably just a bad arrow or maybe not nock tuned.

Great Test. What is the total weight of your arrow? And just the weight of your broadhead? I'm playing with different options and FOC is about 14% for my arrows. With a 150 gr broadhead. And 17% with a 160 gr broadhead. I want to be confident shooting an Elk out to 50 yards.

Try the same test with fixed blades broadheads. Post up results.

Doesn't make much sense to me that the left and right helical would tighten their groups at longer distance after they were already opening at 20🤔

Did you try to quantify accuracy at all?

Because straight fletch will plane. (Float). The longer yardage. Straight will get worse.

At the end of thr day if right makes you feel more confident and shoot better then shoot the rights..

Now throw a good 15 mph sidewind into the equation. Those straight fletch will be flying 8” l/r at 40 yds in the wind we have here out west in co/wy.

Definitely a cool video to much human to say 100 percent. Wonder how much of a difference it would make with a broadhead out on the front

From what im getting they all shoot basically the same if you're tuned everywhere else

From this test it seems it hardly matters if you’re hunting whitetails within 30 yards straight is probably best really.. I think ppl get to caught up in this stuff when they aren’t shooting long ranges in competition or out west..

Do you think with a whisker biscuit,straight would be an advantage?

I did the same test but with broadheads and for my mathews v3 the left had the best groups out to 60 and anytime I had a flier it was always less noticeable compared to the others so for me they grouped better and were more forgiving compared side by side

What happened to the offset

So you would go with Right for all distance for the most part?

We’re all ur arrows nock tuned or spine aligned, I think this test needs a hooter shooter no huma error not saying ur a bad shot

Do a speed test with all the different configurations. Please 🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹 also maybe a 3 vs 4 with some longer vanes maybe x vanes and do speed on those also

Any difference with 4th fletch or lower profile?

What direction does yr bow clock jw

Your right helical vanes look left to me

You put the twist so if you shoot fixed broadheads it will make them fly straigt. Straight is for mechanical blades 😉

Lucky neighbours … they must be well pleased with the prospect of a stray arrow in the neck as they walk to the car 😟