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wolfsire	Darts, Soft Side Up?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 357 (03/23/08 6:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I know I read in the forum some where that the side of the dart that bends most easily should face up, or down, but I think up, when it sits on the atlatl. Can any one confirm this. Im planning on putting a different color feather on the up side. Thanks. Steve
fiddler49		#1	[-]
Posts: 1152 (03/23/08 7:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Steve, It really doesn't matter. It's not likely that that your dart differs that much with different orientations. If it does then it's really a sucky dart.LOL cheers fiddler49
the warrior yeti		#2	[-]
Posts: 1068 (03/23/08 9:01 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tom mentioned a while back that the dart should be allowed to "fall" or roll into the position it most easily sits in. I was surprised when I read that, as I hadn't thought of it like that before. Ideally your dart would be perfectly straight and if you roll it across the floor, it shouldn't "lope", but this isn't an ideal world is it? A dart has to be pretty dang straight not to do that, and most of mine are a least slightly crooked. Tom knows that and he's a functional man.
john05458		#3	[-]
Posts: 18 (03/24/08 5:05 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I should advise .. I am not a hunter I enjoy target throwing but not a top WAA competitor.. I have been throwing almost every day for the last 6/7 ? years and have experience with the most common darts. wood, aluminum, graphite, fiberglass and rivercane. Throwing with the soft side up works for me. I get better repeatability and accuracy.
wolfsire		#4	[-]
Posts: 358 (03/24/08 8:23 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks all. Fiddler, I'm trying to make non-sucky darts, but materials, time and practice room are scarce. I'll just keep at it. Oh, I tried scafing with two bb sized pebbles. After having one or the other of them fall out about a dozen times, I finally gave up, used some Gorilla tape for tubing with a full and tight twine wrapping. That may be giving me more softness. I'll trying again on the next set, hopefully with thicker shafts and bigger holes and pebbles. I'll might try again on this set after VoF, but right now, I'm just trying to get a handful done in time. Steve
PaleoAleo		#5	[-]
Posts: 10943 (03/24/08 11:19 AM) Founder Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I orient mine soft side down - but it really doesn't matter that much: up or down, as long as it's oriented to the desired flex in the vertical plane your accuracy should increase (if only slightly). I do the same sort of things with arrows off a bow. I cut nocks and fletch them so that the stiff side is against the bow. All natural materials will favor one side or another. Again, as part of my never-ending disclaimer, I must point out that I'm just a hack and you probably shouldn't rely on what I say about anything! Tom

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