Testing 7 different vanes (downrange speed from 20-70 yards) 

I appreciate it! I may strip these and do 3 fletch! I’m curious as well. Thanks so much for the feedback. -Kyle

Thanks so much! Really impressed with your vanes. I really like how they don’t hold memory as easy as some of the others and they hold speed really really well! I need to try the minis as I had a little clearance issue with my setup. -Kyle

Really appreciate that thank you! It really is fun learning from others as well. -Kyle

I’m considering stripping these and doing a test with 3. We will see! Thanks so much for the feedback! -Kyle

Appreciate it! What is your go to vane?? -Kyle

Levi Morgan did the same thing basically a month or two ago. The “faster” vanes are simply faster because of the weight. The arrows are almost 10g lighter

I'll have to go give that video a watch.@@Eric-bh7jy

Really appreciate that! Thanks for following along. I hope this is helpful as I’ve been curious. I wanted to test more but I think this gives a decent variety. Would love to hear if you have any insight on vanes as well as we love hearing what others are learning. We realize we have limited testing capability and have learned a lot from others on what they prefer. -Kyle

Thank you so much! That is a tough call for sure. The TAC vanes might stabilize a little better if you shoot fixed heads but were harder to fletch for me. I would be curious how they stabilize a fixed head since they are lower profile. We are planning to be at broken bow TAC. Thanks so much for stopping by! -Kyle

That would make sense! It also seemed the DCA and Max Hunter profile held speed well. Reminds me of an airplane with the tail in the back. I’m excited to noise test all of these. Thanks for stopping by! -Kyle

@@TrueLineOutdoors presently shoot the max hunter on my hunting shafts. Great vanes! Would love to see what you come up with for a noise test?!?! Subbed.

Thanks for stopping by!!

I’ll have to check those out thank you!!!

Hello neighbor! Thanks so much for the feedback. I agree in the chart. That would be lots of fun. Can you DM me on instagram? I just stripped all these vanes as I’m getting ready for TAC but happy to let you try out the lab radar. I plan to do some testing with different helical and the new AAE vanes. -Kyle

I really wanted to test that vane but honestly just spent too much already on vanes 🤣. Do you shoot those? They look excellent. -Kyle

Silent Knight vanes with- I wish this was a thing- Holy Knight shafts

Of course! Thanks for checking it out. Those are excellent I’m pretty sure I’ll just stay with Hybrid 26. They really fly well and I like the profile. -Kyle

If you wanna get rid of some of them, I'll take them off your hands 🤪🤪

That is interesting.. Would love to see vid if you do a test. Lab radars are much cheaper now that the Garmin came out. I’ve seen some go for $200-$300. The Garmin looks great but doesn’t give downrange speed so I still prefer the lab radar. -Kyle

Yes sir thanks so much!

Agreed 100%! Thanks for the feedback. I may do more with the precision cut archery wind cuts but this video was to show speed downrange. It would also be j treating how headwinds affect these as well. -Kyle

Agreed. My approach was to see with same number of vanes which ones held speed well and that vanes are all different weights. For example TAC are way lighter than the max stealth. The lighter vanes are faster at all distance but some vanes do hold speed a little better. It also helped confirm if you shoot a good vane there is not a lot of difference.

Yes!!! I have two mics and will use a decibel app. If you could only have two distances what would they be? -Kyle

@@TrueLineOutdoorsI would do 20 and 60

I will work on it! The only reason I won’t post is if my mics don’t do a good job. Thanks for the input!

Agreed! I have recently stripped these down to get ready for Tac but do have a 3 and 4 fletch I’ll post soon. I want to test vanes each yeah I think as there are slight differences. Thanks for stopping by! -Kyle

I’ll have to check those out thank you so much!

Hello! I wasn’t! I also wasn’t trying to shoot super tight just aiming dead center and focused on the lab radar. The difference is 10 grains and at 70 yards I’m not expecting a huge difference. I did a test with lighted nocks that were much heavier and barely saw a difference at 100 yards. How much of a difference are you seeing and at what distances? Maybe I should fletch 3 of each and get a true group test. -Kyle

@@TrueLineOutdoors ok so I just reviewed a recent picture I took. I shot aae hybrid 26's, aae hybrid hp's, TAC driver 2.75, and TAC driver 2.25 4 fletch. The other 3 are 3 fletch on a left 3 degree helical. The 26's shot the lowest, and both TAC set ups shot about 10 inches higher at 80 yards.

Wow! That is a huge difference! I’ll have to do more testing as this was literally my only group at 70 and first group as I was collecting data. Thanks so much for sharing!

I didn’t as I fletched one of each for now. I’m planning to do sound test with all 7. I’m not always consistent group testing so would be a little concerned the results would have human error but that is a good idea. Would also like to see how these all handle broadheads as I typically shoot QAD exodus and in the past the 4 fletch AAE hybrid has been my standard as they steer so well. For both of those would need to fletch 3 of each we will see. Really appreciate you reaching out! Let us know if you have a go to vane. -Kyle

Agreed! This test showed me they are all pretty close but there are differences. Also accuracy with broadheads would be the best overall test for hunters. Thanks for stopping by. -Kyle

Last chance archery VMP.

The design of the DCA and max hunter seemed to hold speed pretty well consistently for their weight. To say which one is a clear winner I would want to do many times each and take an average but I would vote max hunter for holding speed and DCA close second. The Heat vanes also did well but my 70 shot with them did not get a great read so I’m hesitant on those. I think the design of the max hunter and DCA does make a small difference but will keep testing more. Hope that helps! -Kyle

@@TrueLineOutdoors Thank you for the rapid and thoughtful response.

Hey man these were all 4-5 degree helical on my VMP jig! I’m drawing a blank if it was 4-5 but it was towards the max I can do with that jig. Sorry I didn’t have a more exact answer and thanks for stopping by! -Kyle

@@TrueLineOutdoors it’s all good thanks for the feedback!

@@TrueLineOutdoors did you buy or rent the lab radar? If you do this test again consider at least 1 arrow that is fletched at a 3 degree or less angle. Good job on the video.

Thank you! I bought since they are like half off now.. That is a great idea. I’ve been thinking about doing 1-5 degree of the exact same arrow and running them through the lab radar to see if there is a difference. I will probably do 3 fletch hybrid vanes 1-5 degrees and maybe even add in right to left helical as well. What is your go to vane setup? It is amazing how much I’ve learned from other guys on here.

@@TrueLineOutdoors I have used max stealth at about three degrees for the last couple years with good results. Currently I’m testing DCA super Sabre, max hunter, and a handful of others, building a wind tunnel to test. Trying to determine what causes arrow instability at longer ranges.

Agreed measuring speed was interesting to see difference but ultimately shooting with fixed broadheads is a good test to decide which vane also trying 3 and 4 fletch. -Kyle

What speeds are you shooting? What arrow weight ? Type of bow, compound,recurve,long bow, self bow? Is your bow tuned? These are some of the major factors as well as your personal shooting style and skill ( ie torquing the bow) . God bless 🙏😇❤️🏹🎯💯

Good question! You must tune your bow well and have it dialed. I have fletched both and for the test wanted a lot of vane and helical in hopes the results would be more extreme to show. I’m also doing a sound test with all of these vanes and wind test with the hybrid 4 fletch. I have liked 4 fletch in the past for nock tuning. It gives you more positions if you like to nock tune. If you just bareshaft tune it doesn’t really matter but I nock tune with fletchings on to see if I can get my arrows very similar through paper. Once I realize that each arrow can look a little different through paper it made me realize even these Victory Rip elites aren’t perfect. It may not even be necessary but I do it. Another option is if you want lower weight 4 fletch is to go with TAC vanes maybe even the 2.25. They would weigh less than 3 fletch in the AAE Hybrids/Stealth. I still have some with 3 fletch and shot my first TAC all 3 fletch for speed. Recently I also added 4-5 grain wraps as I got tired of dealing with the glue on carbon. Lastly I have noticed that 4 fletch you can probably get more clearance if you are trying to shoot as far as possible assuming they don’t weigh more than the 3 fletch. Would have to use smaller 4 fletch like the TAC 2.25 for example. I’m not concerned about this but it is interesting to see how 3 fletch can hit the sight housing easier as it’s taller. A neat test would be 3 vs 4 fletch of the TAC vanes and see how much clearance you can get with both. It could be dead even! -Kyle

Agreed he mentioned no problem with fixed heads so he must be pretty tuned! -Kyle

@@TrueLineOutdoors try the new Easton arrows 6.5 match grade ,bow hunter ,hunter classic , Acu-carbon, uniform spine process , supposedly no weak spot ,ie no need to bare shaft or nock tune to find that spine anymore. It might be interesting to test out ,I was thinking.🤔

Very interested! I built some for my brother and he has moved them but I would like to test through paper. Thank you for sharing!!

Thanks for the feedback!