Arrow Ballistics Study | 2025 | Methods

How the 2025 study was run: drag from chronographs at three distances, restorative lift from broadhead groups, and vane sound.

Overview

In this section, we dive deep into the testing and data collection methods used for the study.

Methods articles are organized into focused entries—each one exploring a specific aspect of the process in detail.

Drag

How we went about extracting a drag constant for the builds used in the study.

Restorative Lift

How we went about measuring restorative lift for the builds used in the study.

Sound

How we went about testing the sound properties of the vanes used in the study.

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