Don't Blame the Drop Away

High speed video of a drop away arrow rest in action. Resolving fletching contact.

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Sports

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• drop
• away
• fall
• arrow
• rest
• archery
• bowhunting
• compound
• bows
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[vjanda1]

I'm getting the exact problem with my nap quicktune smartrest on my hoyt katera,

Is raising the nocking point the only solution?

Thanks

[boomerblue]

@vjanda1 Before you intentionally set the bow out of square ... turn the draw weight down to the minimum and try paper-tuning again. If that corrects the problem, then your arrows are probably underspined for your bow output. And keep in mind that aggressive bows like yours typically require a bit more arrow spine than the charts call for. Best of luck.

[boomerblue]

Negative. Spine is correct. This oscillation is present even with a slightly overspined arrow.

[steffankaizer]

thats one good vid

[billyjiahaogao]

They sell archery gear at Walmart? Man, buying archery gear in the UK sucks...

[gvman3670]

@boomerblue Then your cam timing/synch are off.

[NolikargAven]

thats why you buy whisker biscuit

[ash6248]

simple fix buy a QAD ultra rest... fletch contact? change to the th1 launcher and good bye flight contact

[jjhnvhn]

acually u need a rest tht will drop a little later u want it as close to the fletching as u can then its more stable but u also want ur arrow when sitting on the rest to be level

[ther3dn3ck1]

thats y i use a wisker buiscut

[jkuhns13]

i just ordered that very same drop away rest the other day. when i first saw this video i got really worried about buying it, but with your explanation later on my confidence was restored. this is a great video. keep it up!

[bvillmek79]

This can all be avoided by proper setup when you install the rest. Be sure to check with your level to make sure the when the rest is in the Up position that the arrow is sitting perfectly level. For this you need an arrow level and a string level.

[IVIasterEmpire]

Whisker biscuit... was the worst idea ever... u lose speed and have contact through out the whole arrow.... not to mention if u twitch even the slightest of twitch.... ur arrow isnt gonna hit where u wanted it... so keep using it... and good luck driving nails

[cray8705]

@kbollhunt2010 you can still have the same problem of having the knocking point at the wrong position even if your shooting a whisker biscuit, not to mention you have arrow contact and fletching contact through the entire shot when using a whisker biscuit, and of course there is slower speed because of the friction when using the whisker biscuit, so you keep using your whisker biscuit while the rest of us that use drop aways get the full potential out of our bows

[kbollhunt2010]

thats why you use a whisker biscuit