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Slow-mo video from Draggin Deer Outdoors

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#1 ·
Pretty cool video from @MattDDO on arrow flight. Looking forward to seeing more slo-mo videos from him in the future.

The arrow doesn't flex nearly as much as I thought it would.

 
#2 ·
That's some good stuff right there. I see a lot of potential for different arrow builds with the whole variation of weights, vanes, shafts GPI, FOC. and arrow lengths. The arrow he was shooting looked rock solid with a nice stabilizing spin. It was neat to see how the bow worked with the limbs flexing too. Imagine if he set up his camera at your get together and filmed ten different bows with different arrow combinations, That would make an Interesting video to see. Thanks for posting.
 
#4 ·
I suspected that an arrow of around 20" would not flex much. Very different than a compound bow arrow at around 28". Interesting is that he used a 150 gr head with a 110 gr insert. That's a lot of weight up front but we don't know the FOC because he doesn't mention the GPI of the shaft. Last note. He used a "Amazon" lighted nock. I have used these with great results on lighter bows. I'm glad to see they don't disintegrate on heavier FPS and heavier arrows.
 
#13 ·
Interesting. Amazing not only the flex/rebound of the limbs but the oscillation they go through from the torque. And the custom arrow had almost no flex if any at all. Looks as if the white vane up at 10 o’clock as it left the flight rail may have made one full counterclockwise rotation possibly by the time of impact at the target, and may not have even rotated one full turn. Good vid work by Matt.
 
#14 ·
This is awesome. I’ve been recording all my hunts with my iPhone @ 240 fps slow motion. Arrow flight can clearly be seen to the deer. This would be even sweeter. As mentioned you can really see what is happing with the arrow flight and bow reaction.
 
#20 ·
I saw the twisting of the limbs and my Jaw hit the ground....WOW....I wonder what it would look like with different models. Compounds of 2 and 4 cable design and recurves. throw in slow bows compared to hot rods. Would be very insightful....
 
#23 ·
From what I watched the arrows stalls to this distance before right offset vanes turn the arrow to that right direction. Cool video. The arrow wants to turn left which is why it stalls. Nothing more than an observation from the slow mo setup.

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#25 ·
Interesting video ... but is it me or did the focus stink? Strike me that the only thing in focus was the crossbow. Probably should have switched the camera to manual and set it for a wider depth of field?
 
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#27 ·
As mentioned in Post #23 about the arrow stalling; the direction the serving
is applied on the arrow latch area of the bowstring can affect this as compared
to the direction the vanes are installed on the arrow.
As an example, shoot at a target at close range and see where the cock vane
of the arrow ends up when the arrow hits the target. Arrows properly built, spine
indexed and matching weight shot from the same crossbow and distance into
a firm target, the cock vanes should end up very close to the same position.
Wishing you all the best.
Take care.
 
#28 ·
@One eyed archer thanks for sharing this! Definitely more to come with this camera (and a lot more I need to learn about using it, the number of settings and adjustments are crazy).

Lots of good future video comments on this thread and the YouTube comments. Just know, some angles and things will be a challenge (or not possible) as the camera only records the 1000 frames/second for 2 seconds. There are 2 different ways to capture what you want (hopefully) in that 2 second time period, but it limits what I can do. The clip you all saw was literally me with one hand on the crossbow, looking down the scope as best I could and one hand on the camera/record button. I’ll likely be recruiting some help for future videos.