Hoyt XTS Tuning System Explained — Everything You Need to Know (2026)

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Hoyt XTS Tuning System Explained — Everything You Need to Know (2026)
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The exact tuning system the new technology that Woit came up with for 2026
Today we will take a deep dive into how the exact tuning system works
How to tune your job how you make the adjustment so you get a perfect aerofly
Woit has given the public what they asked for an easy-to-use tuning system
It's easy for you to tune your bike without needing to go to a bike shop
To place your car in a car press The XDS tuning system the exact tuning system
It is installed on all carbon models the new RX10 models and all AX3 models
And this is the track I'm using today to show you how the XDS system works it's the Woit RX10 Ultra
To give your legs a slight curve on this track
It has a 6 and 3.8 angle height The length from end to end is 33.5
This position is currently set at 70 pounds set to factory settings
The acceleration is set at 29 and the acceleration length on this track is 340 feet per second
Because I hit the 29-degree angle the landing distance is about 10 feet longer per second
and the 340 feet per second they sell We will go through the chronograph through the chronograp
To see if this is actually the speed and if this is the case To push in how the XDS system
It works there's a shuttle lock here on that top you have to lose you have one shuttle here
Tighten the lower corner height and it has a shuttle pad that is on the corner height
Move the shuttle bolt while you are moving it and it will actually move in or out of the angle
Strengthen the tension or increase the tension at the corner Remember that it is the XDS system
It is not allowed to start with a paper that is more than one inch thick If this
The problem is do you move your rest or make adjustments and move the cams
sell the tar to sell So the XDS system is more for microtuning but if you have the rig
Procedures follow the setup of your rest on the allowed 3/16 inch of the center shot
Make sure you get the right nail from your corner then there's no problem
Before you fold your corner paper Compared to other business systems the XDS system does not allow
Only the horizontal threads but also the vertical threads and the warp if you adjust your settings
Changing the XDS system will not allow you to make an impact Before we make
Changes to the XDS system it reverts to factory settings do you see the indicators
On the ribbons here this is in the middle this is a factory setting just with the
The weight of the movement is 70.8 pounds The movement weighs 70.8 pounds
With the XDS system if I increase the tension on the roll it should increase my poundage
I'm curious to see before I start tuning the movement how much weight I have
Increase and how much I lose when I increase and raise the moving block on this XDS system
It is important to remember that this is set in the middle of factory settings
But if you allow you can always just go back to the middle
I will do this first what I do on the top I will do on the bottom It is important to
Remember that this is set in the middle of the mark on the ridge itself in factory settings
I want to increase this by three full rounds as it can go I will do three full rounds
Do the top I'll do three full rounds on the bottom I'll increase the weight and
See how much the weight has increased I'll just lose the belt here
Give it a quarter turn to loosen and I'll increase the tension
He will actually see it lost I will start this up and it is a full round
wo full rounds that is three full rounds exactly what I do on the left side
I do it on the right side I also increase the tension on the bottom
Make sure I have this for all three full rounds it's not really hard to get that tape
To increase the belt it's actually nice and easy and glass and no goal I wa
Loose screw on my ass so this is really important to remember to put that screw back on
To connect to the XTS system We have made those changes three full rounds on the top and the bottom
Let's look at the weight 72.4 pounds there is definitely a change in the weight
Increase the poundage by almost two pounds but give it just three full rounds whic
It's great if your belt is completely in instead of raising your cables
Increase the poundage you can do this by simply using the XTS system It is no
The way I offer you to increase your poundage on your anger has the XTS system there
o micro-tune your boots so it's important to get this to the factory setting which is in the
The middle of the belt is I only did this test to see how much your poundage will increase
I will take the same test to see how much it will increase but after I have done the test
I will put it back into the factory configuration so we can start connecting the XTS system
Have I increased those three full rounds I will go all the way down so this must go six full rounds
2 3 4 5 6 6 full rounds so remember what I do one side I need to
On the other hand whatever I do on the top I will do on the bottom
For this test I did it on top so I will do it on the bottom
But this is completely out the initial weight was 70.8 pounds when we increased it it was 72.4
pound we have completely removed those XTS lumps so I want to see if this is actually the
The weight increased and the weight went to 68.4 so this is 2.4 pounds downward and this is approximately 1.6
Increase your poundage from the factory setting so to see it to change it
To change the door net XTS system bolts it is approximately a 4-pound change
I will reset the XTS system to factory settings which is in the middle and if you
I don't know where this is but you can reinforce it completely and then you can lose it three times
I either strengthened it or completely lost it so I'm just going to make sure I
You have three full chances and if you're not 100% sure you can always just check
o the indication make on the system to make sure this is in the middle
I've set the XTS back to factory settings let's do a paper tune
The rest is set on the displayed 3.16 inch from the center spot which is important
Is that what you can see just look at the bow just past the riser and jus
Make sure this frame goes to the center spot this will be a good starting point for you
Begin papiertuning your boots when my rest is all the way turn the frame through the
burger knob in other words will rotate the frame 90 degrees with that tie everything is se
Based on the displayed settings of the factory's heat the XTS system is in the middle
I've never had a problem really tuning it but the audience asked for something easier
Tuning the system which brings the XTS system to the table we will start with our first frame
Door paper and see what this does so the first frame we shot this is a nice one
First frame I would say to show how the XTS system works you can see
So this is a high knock and this is a left knock so this will assess how easy this is
go to use the XTS system but the first adjustment we are going to make
It goes for that vertical impact then we will shoot and we will only
make one adjustment at that time we won't make both adjustments because
Usually when you make vertical adjustments you must make the horizontal adjustments
Determine so we will perform the setting to see how it works minor adjustments to the
Time remember that when you start tuning your bow paper your cam timing is in
You have no meat contact and you are using the correct spindles The XTS system
It is assumed that you have a 1-ounce paper or less if you have a paper more than 1 ounce
If I were you I would consider it unwise to change your rest or make any adjustments to that
But we don't have that we get a smooth knuckle high and knuckle left and I
Strengthen this a bit but what we want to do is change the knok downward
I'm going to take the top off and relieve the tension in other words I'm loosening it
e knuckle in the knuckle this will slightly change the knuckle downwards so I reduce
e sleek one but to get us to take the sleek one down I need to take the tension out of the
lower knuckle in other words what I do at the top I must do the same at the bottom but in the
Wrong direction My goal is to first show you how to replace that vertical line
For a horizontal joint this is a completely different way of making adjustments
Let's replace the article make the adjustments and slide it through the paper but first let's get the XTS system working
Look what's happening I'm reducing the tension a quarter of a garden on the
op XTS pocket now I'm going to do the wrong thing on the bottom XTS pocket
I will replace the tension with a quarter garden on the bottom
For sale I have a quarter acre lot on that upper one and I replaced the tension
on the lower pocket and that will in essence slightly lower the entire loop
Go move the paper through check if this replaces the vertical line we only have one
Quarter garden adjustment made on the XTS system the second shoot this is the second shoot tha
I shot there's a small change in the paper you know we do microadjustments you ca
Surely you can see that the knuckle there is higher than what it is here
A more horizontal shot in the second round I took I'll do another quarter of a garden
To get it perfect I shot my third arrow through the paper check if I can perfectly hit the vertical line
Wow you can see here how big of an adjustment this is we have only made adjustments on that XTS system
For many it will be a perfect shot but if you look at that paper target that point still is
A little to the right and a bit lower that's the XTS system there to fine-tune for you
To get that to get a perfect paper and shot we will make an adjustment
I will still reduce it on top and go
I'll do another quarter of the garden on the bottom maybe the quarter garde
A little too much but I want a perfect paper to show you how easy it is
This is to use the XTS system This is the fourth arrow I am still making micro-adjustments
with the XTS system for my vertical turn that I have given through paper let's see if this is
Make it perfect and this is almost a perfect paper I will criticize
With this it is for most people a perfect paper towel but as you can see this is a b
On the right side still a bit to the left for most of it this is a perfect paper turn
I want to make sure I get a good crisp perfect paper and there is a small
Turn left to overemphasize the arrow going through the paper if this is not the case then this is not a
Complicated story with the XTS system when you get to the left just like what I had there on that
Momentarily meet the bow of that front and you must take the left side of the bow
You must strengthen what you do for the superior judge so I strengthen the
upper judge I will reinforce the lower judge and then I will lose the upper judge and I
The judge an easy way to remember this is if you take the bow from the front
always facing that side that direction that language as if you were going left there
Lift and strengthen the left side if you have it on the right strengthen the right side if you have it on the left remember tha
If you tighten it a quarter turn you must loosen it a quarter turn on the other side
And if you turn it a quarter at the bottom you should turn it a quarter
On the other hand it's quite good if you take the tension out I think the changes are good
Be quite fast I made changes for the left side I reinforced the left side and I
The right side of the XDS pocket system is worn on both the top and bottom this is the fifth hit
That's not bad you can definitely see a small change in that language this is a little bit better
That is this is so so so close I don't know if you can actually see it it still looks like that
A little bit from the left side I want to make some changes with the XDS again
Maybe I'll do an eight turn to see if I can discover it better than that
To simply see what changes the xds makes so we will make an eighth change
Strengthen the left top weaken the right top and do the same
At the bottom and see if you can spot these small changes perfectly
We hit the sixth one the fourth and fifth were almost perfect
Shot number six discover that the bad knot is there on the left we have taken a total of six shoots
We did four of them to fix the vertical and we ended up with changes on two
For the horizontal movement and it was quite easy to make the changes properly
e last three shots were almost perfect bullet holes but to show the microtuning
What you can do on the XDS system to make the print even better
You can see that the point is slightly lower on the bottom knok high
Yes this was a bad improvement and this was my last mistake that I made
Small changes have been made we started with a quarter of a rand we ended up making a fifth of a rand
We made vertical changes at first then we eventually switched
To the horizontal changes it is important to repair only one axle
At the time one axis at the time start with your vertical and then as the vertical
Absolutely perfect and then you start making changes to fix the horizontal time
The XDS system is very easy to use I was quite impressed when I saw it
I thought most people in the public don't know how to use it
but this is quite simple and in my opinion common if you don't know where you are going
It is can you always go back to that middle and that is where the factory staffing is
You can always start over it's nice to see that I can increase or enhance the change
e change by only using the XDS system I was able to repair my vertical time and
If I could repair my horizontal time with paper just by using the XDS system what would your advice be
As macro tuning is what you should do make the changes on your rest
This is fast and this is fast but for small changes and macro tuning is the xds system
As a highly skilled and professional archery instructor and administrator at Magnum Archery I interact with customers on a daily basis
asked many customers to apply a macro tuning method on the Wojt let me know wha
If you are thinking about the 2026 technology Wojt has come up with you should go visit your father
go on a test shoot with these guys let me know what you think about this and if you have any questions
Help me with the XDS system let me know in the comments below
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