Arrow Ballistics Study | 2026
Data
Overview
This section contains every dataset collected during the 2026 study. In the interest of transparency, we make all data publicly available for review and independent analysis.
The 2026 study is split into two categories. Component tests isolate how individual components (vanes, broadheads, fletch configurations) affect drag, sound, groupings, and restorative lift. The front-of-center testing isolates how arrow balance, point weight, and spine affects shot groupings, recovery, and early flight behavior. Tables below are grouped accordingly.
You can browse or download each data table below. For details on copyright and licensing, please see the notice below.
Components Testing
Measures how individual arrow components affect four flight-relevant metrics: aerodynamic drag, sound, groupings, and restorative lift, across a shared set of arrow builds.
Arrow Builds
Components | Build Details
All the details on every arrow build used in the 2026 components tests.
Components | Build Weights
Individual arrow weights and summary statistics for every build in the 2026 components tests.
Components | Vane Specs
Manufacturer-provided dimensions and weights for every vane model used in the 2026 components tests.
Drag
Components | Radar Shots Summary
Per-arrow aggregated velocity, drag coefficient, and wind drift statistics for the 2026 components test.
Components | Radar Shots Drag Calc
Per-shot radar velocities with derived drag coefficients and predicted wind drift for every shot in the 2026 components test.
Components | Radar Shots
Raw radar-measured velocities at 0.5, 30, and 60 yards for every shot in the 2026 components test.
Sound
Components | SPL Shots Summary
Per-arrow SPL statistics across 19 one-third-octave bands (500Hz–31.5kHz) plus Z-, human-, and deer-weighted Lmax totals for the 2026 components test.
Components | SPL Shots
Per-shot one-third-octave SPL spectra (500Hz–31.5kHz) and Z-, human-, and deer-weighted Lmax totals for every shot in the 2026 components test.
Shot Groupings
Front-of-Center Testing
Isolates the effect of front-of-center balance, point weight, and spine on shot groupings, recovery, and early flight behavior, using a dedicated arrow set.
Arrow Builds
FoC | Build Details
All the details on every arrow build used in the 2026 front-of-center test.
FoC | Build Weights
Individual arrow weights and summary statistics for every build in the 2026 front-of-center test.
FoC | Measurements
Per-arrow front-of-center measurements, including arrow length, balance point, and measured FoC percent, for every build in the 2026 front-of-center test.
FoC | Insert Specs
Insert length, total insert weight, and insert balance point measurements for the 2026 front-of-center test.
FoC | Measured Static Spine
Measured static spine values for the arrow shafts used in the 2026 front-of-center test.
Radar Velocity
FoC | Radar Shots Summary
Per-arrow aggregated velocity statistics for the 2026 front-of-center test.
FoC | Radar Shots
Raw radar-measured velocities at 0.5 yards for every shot in the 2026 front-of-center test.
Shot Groups
FoC | Shot Group Summary
Per-group summary statistics for every arrow/point combination in the 2026 front-of-center test.
FoC | Shot Coordinates
Individual shot coordinates digitized from target photos for every group in the 2026 front-of-center test.
Slow-Motion Video
FoC | Slow-Motion Yaw Frames
Per-frame yaw deflection (in inches and degrees) extracted from high-speed video for every kept frame in the 2026 front-of-center test.
FoC | Slow-Motion Flex Frames
Per-frame first-mode flex deflection (in inches) extracted from high-speed video for every kept frame in the 2026 front-of-center test.
Derived Analysis Tables
These tables are generated by analysis scripts from the raw data above. They include analysis-ready KPIs per build, plain-language definitions of every metric, and effect-size translations from the regression models.
FoC | Derived Per-build Analysis Table
One readable row per FoC build, combining build attributes, measured FoC, launch velocity, derived accuracy metrics, confidence intervals, and quality flags.
FoC | KPI Definitions
Plain-language definitions, formulas, units, and better-direction labels for the derived FoC KPI columns.
FoC | Practical Effects Summary
Model coefficients translated into practical FoC and spine changes, with uncertainty ranges, p-values, and detectability labels.
FoC | Slow-Motion Camera Stations
One row per (build, torque, camera station) listing the source video clips, the nominal station distance, and the per-clip distance window the camera actually captured.
FoC | Slow-Motion Yaw Group Fits
Per-(build, torque) damped-sinusoid fit parameters for the early-flight yaw signal (amplitude, decay, period, phase, offset), plus residual RMSE and a convergence flag.
FoC | Slow-Motion Yaw Station Summary
Per-camera-station yaw aggregates derived from the slow-motion frames CSV (median, IQR, min/max per build/torque/station). Drives the markers on the early-flight yaw plot.
FoC | Slow-Motion Yaw Fit Grid
Pre-evaluated damped-sinusoid yaw fit per (build, torque) on a fixed 0-48 ft distance grid, with sliding-window residual-band edges. Drives the trajectory curves on the early-flight yaw plot.