Re: [SCA-Archery] Re: Reducing bow poundage
- Problem is, it doesn't. The limbs are more relaxed at rest but when
pulled to 28" are just as bent as with the shorter string. The
difference is not at full draw but at no draw. Look at it this way,
with string of a given length, the brace height is a related
given. If a longer string is put on, the brace height is
lowered. When drawn to 28" the string is 28" from the back of the
bow regardless of its starting position. It means you had to pull
the longer string further to get it to the 28" point. I have seen
some bows where the longer string actually increased the total energy
imparted into the arrow thus making the same poundage bow hit harder
however these where cases where the shorter string was incorrect for
the bow to begin with.
. At 05:22 PM 12/2/2008, you wrote:
>OK, this doesn't address the legality, just the physics. I don't
>understand...if a bow doesn't pull full weight (say 32#) at 26", pulls
>full weight at 28", and pulls over full weight at 30", why wouldn't a
>slightly longer string reduce the pounds of pull at 28"? As I
>understand it, the pounds of resistance in the limbs is a factor of how
>far they are bent, and if the longer string results in less bend at 28"
>draw, why wouldn't the measured pounds of draw be reduced?
- Hi, Jim. Hello, Everyone.
My right ring finger was just itching for a ring a moment ago, and I thought of this project. How far along did this move?
--- In SCA-Archery@yahoogroups.com, James Koch <alchem@...> wrote:
> A word file ought to do it. My e-mail address is alchem@...
> Jim Koch (Gladius The Alchemist"
> >At 06:58 AM 12/19/2008, you wrote:
> >Hi, Jim.
> > > E-mail me your designs as an attachment. I am already making the
> > > first wax prototypes.
> > > >
> > > Jim "Gladius The Alchemist"
> >If you can send an e-mail to me, the address is ashamblin4 at yahoo dot
> >com, I can send them to you as a Word file, a Publisher file and
> >possibly a PDF file.
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