Quote Originally Posted by halfeye View Post
I admit I was assuming that light arrows were structurally capable of being fired with the bow's full power, if that's not the case then all my working was wrong, an arrow made of wet spaghetti is going nowhere.
Not an archer or a physicist so I’m not sure if this helps the debate or not.
Historically speaking light arrows are often referred to as ‘target’ arrows, ‘flight’ (i.e. long range) arrows or ‘bird’ arrows. Heavier arrows are called ‘hunting’ or war’ depending more on the intended purpose than weight.

Exact nomenclature depends on time, location and culture.