Arrow Vane Study for Hunting (Bill from Iron Will)

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Ай бұрын

Podcast with Bill Vanderheyden from Iron Will Outfitters to discuss the results of the vane studies at the University of Colorado. Topics discussed are vane height, vane stiffness, cross sectional area, drag, wind drift, speed, string jumping, 3 vs 4 fletch, degree of offset/helical, sound and forgiveness.
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@DigtoDef Ай бұрын

Hey Bill and Garrett - Glad to see this podcast tonight. You guys did great explaining the science without going overboard. The more we can get the word out (and the more people getting the word out) on the science behind the bow and arrow the better. I liked the idea of emphasizing building in forgiveness: E.g., an arrow that's built for speed as the highest priority most likely doesn't have a lot of margin for error in shot execution or bow tune. I especially enjoyed the summary at the end regarding making good equipment choices for various bow types and game animals. Best regards!

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

Thanks Darrel!

@Kalishir Ай бұрын

I have nothing to comment, I just hope this interaction helps showing this to more people! Thank you for the content!

@swd37sd Ай бұрын

One of the most difficult tests I tried to do in a controlled recording studio was a vane/noise test. It was inconclusive because we lacked the tools. This video discussion is phenomenal! My wife was not as excited to listen as me...but she had her kindle. Thanks for the information.

@judefuselier Ай бұрын

For the algorithm, catch y'all in the morning.

@PoeOutdoors Ай бұрын

Great talk about many subjects and nicely put together, thank you both!

@judefuselier Ай бұрын

Thanks for this informative discussion! I feel valuable in informing prospective customers. Thanks gents!

@jonamason1875 Ай бұрын

Loved the conversation. Great talk!

@robgrubb420 Ай бұрын

Love these videos they confirm so many of my theories. and make me think. thanks Garrett.

@GJVAT Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! I've been needing this information

@Going4BrokeOutdoors 25 күн бұрын

Great info guys, thanks for sharing.

@it_is_what_it_is_brotha 28 күн бұрын

Great conversation and love that scienece and being done on this topic....I watched every min and was hoping it'd end with what vane is Will shooting after all this but we will have to wait for that ha

@DIYSportsman 28 күн бұрын

He has his own vane through Iron Will Outfitters. It's the Max Hunter profile but in a different material. If you go to his website they're available for sale.

@timbow50 Ай бұрын

It’s good to have solid reliable information with quality equipment and people that know what they’re doing. There’s an old video by “1nestly” with some various vane settings etc showing slow motion in flight and POI results. Even has the number of rotations over given? distance.

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

Yep I remember seeing those videos back in the day. Pretty cool. I finally invested in a high speed camera so I can start getting similar kind of visuals and data.

@goldtip34 Ай бұрын

Good information, thanks

@davidmcguinness9187 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@chrisfavorin1107 8 күн бұрын

Although an increase of 3 dB represents a doubling of the sound pressure, an increase of about 10 dB is required before the sound subjectively appears to be twice as loud. The smallest change we can hear is about 3 dB. The subjective or perceived loudness of a sound is determined by several complex factors.

@DIYSportsman 5 күн бұрын

Yes, the logarithmic scale definitely can throw people off. 3dB to double power and 6dB to double wave pressure, along with perception of those levels and practical change. I've also seen the 10dB number fluctuate based on the source, since the data might change based on the test (lab with headphones and synthetic tones, skilled ears like a musician or an average joe, sound frequency, etc). I've seen some articles mentioning a skilled ear can detect a 1-2dB change, but most people need 2-3dB, which again is likely a lab test and in the real world would probably show no practical difference. Like you mentioned, there's more complexities involved translating to the real world.

@jasonnull2248 27 күн бұрын

Suprised that no one has mentioned it yet, the aero vane from firenock. Great video, I enjoyed every minute.

@DIYSportsman 25 күн бұрын

Have you tried them before? I bought a pack of the aerovane ii a couple years ago. Initially flight and drag at 40 was no better than a blazer. But then I realized and confirmed that I was getting a strong knuckle ball. The shaft wasn't really spinning. After listening to dorge on some podcasts, I figured it was likely because I used a standard fletching jig to get thr zero offset, and my fletching was probably not 100% perfect, allowing the vanes to fight one another. Other recommendations like minimum speed limits for performance and use of very compact/aerodynamic broadheads only made me a little hesitant to keep pursuing testing. But at some point I'd like to test them again if they were professionally fletched.

@jasonnull2248 19 күн бұрын

@@DIYSportsman I have some but haven’t put them on to test. I was just curious how (if tested) they would do in a drag model and flight testing. I also wanted to see if there has been any slow mo video of them in flight, I haven’t found any. According to Dorge it would compliment the drag. I mean it’s still going to have some drag but the lift would be something worth testing. Thanks for the reply.

@floydgriffiths9148 Ай бұрын

I’m not sure whether you addressed it directly. Does helical have any advantage stabilizing a broadhead vs. 2 or 3 degree straight offset, (all else being equal)?

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

Technically a 2-3 degree straight offset is already helical once applied because the vane needs to wrap around the shaft a little in order to fully stick along the entire length of the vane. Helical clamps help accentuate that "wrapping" and make it easier to adhere with high offsets.

@aaronhall765 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. So the old 3 fletch Blazers are still money? Did I understand that right?😊

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

They are still a good choice. There are some options which have similar stability and are a bit quieter. But those tall blazers have always done well accuracy wise with broadheads at whitetail ranges.

@johnarcher9480 Ай бұрын

Would love to see some tests on Spin Wing style vanes. Super thin, and the curved shape can (theoretically) keep as much air spilling over the upper edge of the vane, add that together with insanely light weight, and you might be able to get a low profile vane that works similar to taller vanes. The Mylar can actually be quite still, or flexible. And at the shot, the should open up slightly (becoming a taller vane) then one up to speed, it would fold back to do the static shape for less drag…

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

I can do that. I have mylar XS wings in 60mm high and 100mm that I got for traditional. They're light but not very durable with contact. They're widely used in barebow and olympic shooting with small diameter arrows and target points. Even the 60mm high are only like 0.5" tall if I really flatten them out, and they're shorter curled and taped on, so my speculation is they wouldn't have the same level of forgiveness with broadheads but need to try.

@johnarcher9480 Ай бұрын

@@DIYSportsman I have used slightly larger vanes with broadheads, and got surprisingly good results. They were Slick Trick magnums… known to fly well, but they are still 4 blade fixed heads. Being very light, it helps slightly with FOC, giving the vanes a little extra “leverage”. You are right, they don’t like contact, but I think there might be something there. Hopefully, the slow motion is good enough to see if the vanes do open up. Subscribed 😉

@HawkeyeIK802 Ай бұрын

May be better to focus in the CFD and use difference in pressure divided by baseline pressure to determine noise. It is less impacted by distance from instrument to arrow and will be seen in a scale other then dBa or deci Beles in the a scale. Deer are probably more sensitive to other scales at higher frequencies so this may give a more accurate reflection of the noise they hear instead of the noise we hear.

@DIYSportsman 29 күн бұрын

Yes that's an interesting thought. Makes me wish I had a CFD license to play around with it. From what I remember reading from other university study research, deer are more sensitive to frequencies around 4-8kHz, whereas ours is most sensitive around 2-5kHz, and their upper limit goes higher than ours. Obviously there's some overlap there but it makes sense to bias toward a slightly higher range. When I'd done my historical sound testing I'd pick one of the louder frames before the arrow passed over the mic, and I'd look at a dB vs frequency plot focusing on the area under the curve in the ~4-8kHz range to compare one vane vs another.

@garlandmcnew4282 29 күн бұрын

Bill touched on the visual component vs sound queues of whitetail around 1:14:00… the one doe that didn’t didn’t duck the arrow that had her head behind a tree. Dr Karl Miller’s research on whitetail having a much higher flicker fusion rate than humans (4x that of a human) and how that allows whitetail to essentially see the world around them in slow motion leads me to believe there’s something to them actually perceiving the arrow in flight more so than the sound of the arrow or even possibly the bow noise. Sound travels slower than light (obviously), and with a whitetails insane acuity with sensing motion and experiencing movement of objects differently, we might be (as Bill alludes to) going down the wrong rabbit hole with tiny differences in vane noise.

@garlandmcnew4282 29 күн бұрын

If in fact deer are experiencing and processing movement at 4x “slower” speed than us humans (with uniform focus across their degree of vision), It sure makes sense they’d be able to see the incoming arrow, process the info and start moving before impact, even at short distances.

@DIYSportsman 28 күн бұрын

It's an interesting concept for sure that requires more testing. My main hesitation is that if you've even watched video of an arrow being shot at a camera, even in slow motion there's not much movement to observe. It's like a point that gradually gets larger as it gets closer. I shot at a doe with a recurve a couple seasons ago that had her head buried in weeds feeding and she about hit the ground by the time the arrow got there, making me think that at least in that instance, it may have been more sound than sight. But as mentioned more testing to be done.

@eddieolachia5305 Ай бұрын

What is the helicle offset on the IW vanes they sale ?

@DIYSportsman 29 күн бұрын

I believe they fletch their arrows at a 3deg RH with those hybrid hunter vanes.

@josephr1198 Ай бұрын

Always great to hear what Bill has to say. Really wish he'd design and put out a mechanical broadhead.

@2cthetruth Ай бұрын

I didn’t watch, and won’t, but can you do an in depth analysis of the effects of your typical deer tic annd its effect on arrow penetration? Deflection? Thanks!

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

I plan on doing more test results and set up videos this summer. I'm not sure I understood the question entirely. Did you mean to type "taw" or something other than tic?

@bbmas1930 Ай бұрын

If you could guarantee a pass through, you'd just make the fletchings out of a wafer thin spring steel. Sort of like those swords that are like foils. At some point 3D printed titanium would be possible surely. Like Easy vanes printed out of something that cuts. A chisel tip field point in case of bone contact up front and effectively a helical 4 blade on the back. Your vanes are your blades. Would fly like a field point!

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

That's a cool concept!

@willc3384 26 күн бұрын

That sounds pretty cool.

@timbow50 Ай бұрын

It’s been my experience that to like 40 yards the straight 1 1/2 to 2 degree straight offset seems to be optimum for me. Since sound speed is unbeatable in archery precision arrow flight is more relevant. POI is out of the shooters control on live animals but point of aim is the shooter responsibility. That’s where the best arrow flight one can get out of his equipment is mandatory. As far as long range shots as at these newer TAC events I also have to believe the slight 1 1/2 to 2 degree straight offset has minimum flight reducing effects compared to the helical vane mount. Bow sight scale settings I’ve done too 100 yards shows the helical drops approximately 4 yards on the sight scale. Non- scientific hand held shooting results. Just saying my experience.

@cjr4497 26 күн бұрын

Did they try different shaft diameters? It matters for clearance. I still shoot .246 arrows. Seems like .166 and .204 shafts get all the attention.

@DIYSportsman 25 күн бұрын

I don't know for certain though I'd strongly assume they used the .204 for everything since the Axis shaft is what the full iron will arrow system uses.

@chapter4travels Ай бұрын

It seems if you move the vanes as far backward as possible, you increase the leverage they have on the arrow effectively increasing FOC without adding weight to the broadhead. Does this make any sense?

@2cthetruth Ай бұрын

No, but thanks for your input 🙂

@chapter4travels Ай бұрын

@@2cthetruth Ok, so putting the vanes 6" from the back won't make any difference either? Why not the middle of the arrow?

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

On paper, you do increase the lever arm. So the general rule of thumb is to have the vanes as close to the nock as you can without getting some type of facial contact. But in practice, if they're, say, 1" vs 1.25", I don't know that the difference would be enough to be practically significant.

@chapter4travels Ай бұрын

@@DIYSportsman I see a lot of guys with fletching a good 1.5" back from the nock, especially when using wraps. They could easily move those fletching an inch or more. I would think that would make a difference and it certainly couldn't hurt.

@gavincarmody3302 Ай бұрын

28” shaft, move the fletch 1” from the very end of the shaft, would shorten the lever arm 7% from the centre of the arrow. Every 1/4” would equal approximately 1.8% change in leverage similar to raising FOC%, weight excluded. Someone correct me if wrong

@stephenballard3759 Ай бұрын

Okay.I have a question if you're still answering questions. Not much of this applies to me but I do find every aspect of archery interesting.. I've heard several different channels talk about that phenomenon of arrows coming off of a string already spinning in one direction or another, before the veins even have a chance. I'll bet you guys hate the thought, but what happens when an arrow with slightly longer?helical vanes goes through something like a Whisker Biscuit rest? I know the whole concept probably annoys a lot of real pros, but wouldn't that force the arrow into rotating before it even left the bow? Rather than 15 feet in front?

@DIYSportsman 29 күн бұрын

It's been a while since I've used a whisker biscuit. But what I've seen is that often if someone asks about them and a strong helical, people will mention the vanes getting wavy or showing signs of use (depending on the vane) from the extra contact and drag going through the bristles. With even a 2.5deg offset tall vane and a drop away, they'll get spinning very fast off of the bow. Moreso when matching spin direction of course, but not to the point where I feel like you'd need to force it at the cost of extra drag, contact, or premature vane wear.

@willc3384 26 күн бұрын

In vanes vs. string induced spin...Vanes win every time. Is there a mili-second of instability when it stops and changes direction....negligible.

@andrewfernandez8330 29 күн бұрын

DCA Super Sabers

@willc3384 Ай бұрын

On spin drift. If it happens with a baseball, can't it happen with an arrow?

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

I dont claim to be an expert, but I think baseballs, golf balls, etc are moving from the magnus force. Per "Modern Exterior Ballistics" by McCoy, "Magnus forces acting on spinning projectiles are much smaller than those observed for low-velocity spinning spheres." Spin drift has more to do with the gyroscopic forces causing a bullet at very high rpm to tip toward the direction of twist. And even then, as far as I understand, it's a very, very minor factor in all but really long range rifle shooting. Bullets are heavier in the back than the front, so they need to spin fast enough to prevent from tumbling. Arrows are already stable being heavier in the front. They don't need high rpm gyroscopic stability. Therefore we say spin drift isn't really applicable with arrows.

@YoureSoVane Ай бұрын

Yes it can. However the fletching largely prevents this. Spin drift happens for several reasons. The Magnus effect can move an arrow but not much, as the arrow doesn't spin as fast as a bullet. Maybe over 100 yards you can get a few millimeters of drift. Maybe. It's really minor at these speeds.

@willc3384 26 күн бұрын

@@DIYSportsman Thank you! That was very thorough.

@willc3384 26 күн бұрын

@@YoureSoVane Thank you for clearing that up for me.

@terrymccleery3497 Ай бұрын

Only way I could get my big broadheads to fly perfectly was to put on 4 fletch Shield cut 5” feathers. I took scissors cut to 4”inch but man those feathers will fly anything. Even Turkey head Chopper Off’rs.

@DIYSportsman Ай бұрын

If it works, it works so I won't knock it. That said, I would be suspicious if there's some sort of contact or tune issue if that much feather was required.

@terrymccleery3497 Ай бұрын

@@DIYSportsmanI shoot plastic vanes for my expandable’s like G5 Deadmeat, but those big old 3 blade Rothaar 200 grain Snuffers it took 300 or 260 spine Axis and 4 big feathers to make it fly perfectly. I only shoot 20 yards 25 max and my Snuffer set up would be useless for the Elk guys out west at their ranges. I just understand I have to get 20 yards or less. Preferably less.

@ronaldirvineII Ай бұрын

Are you guys secretly brothers? lol. Idk why, but I'm like listening, and all of a sudden, im like, dang, are these guys' brothers, or am I losing my mind

@turtleman5111 Ай бұрын

Again, by the time that I heard an arrow whizzing toward me at 230 MPH(340FPS Xbow), I would then see the arrow buried behind me, after it went thru my chest cavity. The sound of the shot itself? How far away am I? Ahh, it doesn't matter. I don't forsee getting shot by a bow, at least for awhile!