EVERY Detail. EVERY Step
EVERY Time.
How We Do It
While the name might sound intimidating, the scientific approach to building arrows is actually pretty straightforward. Most importantly, we want to ensure all the components are concentric, or centered, to the shaft. This ensures the tightest and most efficient spin while in flight.
Second, we weight-batch every component, ensuring all components across the entire batch are within tight tolerances of one another. This guarantees consistent weight and flight from arrow to arrow.
Third, we locate and fletch our arrows based on the first dynamic bend, NOT by identifying the spine. This is because a vast majority of carbon arrows have non-linear spine; this means the spine actually rotates around the shaft rather than splitting it. By doing this, we can ensure that every arrow will flex in the exact same way on release.
Scientific Building Process
While the name might sound intimidating, the scientific approach to building arrows is actually pretty straightforward. Most importantly, we want to ensure all the components are concentric, or centered, to the shaft. This ensures the tightest and most efficient spin while in flight.
Second, we weight-batch every component, ensuring all components across the entire batch are within tight tolerances of one another. This guarantees consistent weight and flight from arrow to arrow.
Third, we locate and fletch our arrows based on the first dynamic bend, NOT by identifying the spine. This is because a vast majority of carbon arrows have non-linear spine; this means the spine actually rotates around the shaft rather than splitting it. By doing this, we can ensure that every arrow will flex in the exact same way on release.
Single Mold, Virgin Flow Nocks
Our custom arrows are only built with Firenock Nocks, and there's a valid reason for that! As mentioned in the "issues in manufacturing" section on the Science page, exact consistency from item to item in manufacturing is often a huge concern. At FireNock, all nocks are made using single cavity molds and virgin flow material. For reference, virgin flow means that material is never recycled and reused in the manufacturing process. This ensures that every nock dries at the same rate, and that all material is identical as it flows. Since the nock is the ONLY point of control other than our rest, it should be of the most importance when building an arrow.
Shaft-Specific Components
.204-class arrows and .246 arrows can have an ID measurements of .201-.207, and .242-.248, respectively. All arrow "classes" have similar ranges to their actual diameters.
With such wide ranges, it's imperative to have snug-fitting components to ensure they aren't crooked and to avoid failure. That's why it's important to use either components made by the manufacturer for that specific arrow, or components made by a custom shop to fit that shaft.
That's exactly what FireNock products offer for our arrows! All components are made to fit a tighter range of IDs which ensures they fit properly EVERY TIME.
AeroConcept
In its simplest form, AeroConcept is an arrow build where a smaller shaft is glued to the inside of the front-end of the arrow shaft. This offers numerous benefits. First, it causes the arrow to flex less on launch, which means it has less flex to recover from in flight. Second, the double-wall effect causes the arrow to stop flexing and recover 600% faster than a typically-built arrow. Third, it increases the area of the node, allowing for easier positioning on the arrow rest. Lastly, it more evenly distributes the weight of the arrow which assists in penetration on impact.
Weight-matched components
If you've been an archer for any amount of time, then you understand the importance of having your arrows be as close in weight to one another as possible. This further helps to ensure that our arrows fly consistently from one arrow to another. This is why we make it a point to weight-match our components for each build. If we make sure that all the components for a specific build are weight-matched to within +/- 0.5 grains, then that helps to ensure that our final build will be as consistent as possible across the entire batch.
We build arrows for our customers with the same attention to detail as we would for our own personal arrows; NO EXCEPTIONS!