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Old 01-12-2017, 07:07 AM   #8
spearq8
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Re: euro shaft curve notch vs american shaft square notch

Those Red Tide shafts do indeed look nice! Personally I prefer euro notch to square notch as I feel 90 degree angles in metal is prone to stress fractures. As for bands ... if you need more than 3 bands to get an 8.5mm shaft to terminal velocity then there is something wrong somewhere else. For high performance shaft flight you need a combination of things and a very good design that ensures the shaft comes out as stable as possible. Throwing more bands will not give you more velocity. Actually ... I am testing the Albacore 130 ... and moving from 3 x 14.5mm bands to 15mm small ID bands actually gave me less penetration on target with an 8.5mm @ 170cm shaft using same band stretch. Also moving down to 14mm small ID was again worse. Hard to believe that .5mm can make such a big difference, but it does. There is no difference as the shaft is already at TV ... now if I move to a 9mm shaft (and I plan to try that out) ... then maybe the 15mm small ID bands will show an advantage.
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