Modern competition arrows are usually made of carbon or aluminium or a combination of both, which provides better aerodynamic and projectile qualities than the historical wooden arrow. Travelling at speeds in the region of 200m/s, arrows are efficient and highly-accurately made instruments – reused time and time again in competition.
The components of an arrow include the point, which is the metal tip at the front of the arrow that pierces the target, the shaft or body of the arrow, fletching and nock. Fletchings, or vanes, are the plastic or synthetic feathers that stabilise an arrow in flight, while the nock is a small plastic U-shaped component that clips to the bowstring between the nocking points.
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