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Test flight

I took my new arrows for a test flight today. First impression was good, they fly nicely and even if I'm not shooting too consistently yet I could already say the arrows alone improved my results.

I don't either have the experience to judge the spine. One of the most important quality of the arrow. The stiffness defines how well the arrow compensates the archer's paradox. The spine needs to flex enough to address the paradox, but it can't be too flexible or it might break on the launch. My initial feel is that the arrows might be a bit too flexible and drive shots to right.

The arrows also didn't come out perfect the first time. After only a few shots one of the heads came out while I was drawing the arrow out of the target. Apparently I didn't use enough glue on that one. The rest hold their heads, but another arrow lost its nock. Those came pre attached so the fault wasn't mine. A little bit of glue there too should fix the issue.