Is it possible to split an arrow down the middle with another arrow?

Answer 1

No. Because of the grain of the wood the shooting arrow splits the shot arrow at the angle of the grain and splinters off.

Answer 2

Howard Hill did it. The arrow splitting stunt he performed was done with a bamboo arrow, not traditional wood. During his career, he produced 23 films about archery for Warner Brothers including Robin Hood staring Errol Flynn. He also shot 10 different movies of his own, and was a technical adviser in far more movies to provide advice in the archery field of the movies. He killed over 2,000 animals with his long bow, including an elephant, becoming the first white man to kill an elephant with a bow and arrow. He used four foot arrows, while pulling a 172 pound bow to take the mighty beast. In 1928, he set the new world record for the furthest flight shot in archery, at 391 yards. That same year, he won his 196th field archery competition in a row. Later in his life, in 1959 he was awarded a plaque for his outstanding achievements in archery. Later in 1971, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, later being inducted into the Bow Hunters Hall of Fame in 1975, in the year of his death. He liked to make difficult trick shots, like shooting an apple or prune off someone's head from sixty feet away. He would then perform the same stunt with an even smaller item from a greater distance.

Answer 3

Yep. I've seen the evidence at an archery shop. Guy shot an aluminum arrow right into another one, tearing it right down the middle. Apparently a wooden arrow will split another. It's not unknown.

Answer 4

iv split around 6 carbon arrows 5 of which are only 9ish inches into the other but one goes all the way to the field point

Answer 5

The up and down errows in boxes are electrons paired up in their orbitals, like all the S orbitals have only room for two electrons, P orbitals accommodate 6 electrons, D orbitals - 10, etc.

Answer 6

YEAH (a wooden arrow).... but it is very difficult

Answer 7

Not gonna work - check out the Mythbusters episode.