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Offline Arrowind

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2013, 10:46:27 am »
Lukasz - both very very nice!  I always love to see the bows you make.  Thanks for sharing.  I can't wait to see the next ones!  GOOD JOB!
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Offline Lukasz Nawalny

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2014, 10:39:12 am »
I have reduce mass and results are quite impressive, thank you for advice. Now I finish new shorter 70 lb 26" in theseme style molly, we will see :)
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Offline SLIMBOB

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« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2014, 10:54:59 am »
Very impressive Sir.
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Offline Scottski

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2014, 12:41:47 pm »
Very nice bows good luck at your shoot.
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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2014, 12:58:49 pm »
Quote from: Lukasz Nawalny on February 16, 2014, 10:39:12 am
I have reduce mass and results are quite impressive, thank you for advice. Now I finish new shorter 70 lb 26" in theseme style molly, we will see :)

Sweet Jesus! 235 fps out of a wood bow. That's impressive! I had a PSE compound with cams back in the 90s that wouldn't do that.

Can you give us details on the arrow weight, fletching, bow weight, etc.?
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Offline Lukasz Nawalny

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2014, 01:43:22 pm »
I was very light flight arrow - 190 grain , 25 inch long, 6 cm Ipe long insert arrow head , 35 mm x 7 mm fletchings. I shoot with 24,5 inch draw lenght , draw weight of bow on 24,5 is 48 lb. Now I try to make about 70 lb on 25 inch glue in 2 inch reflex, it must be faster :)
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Offline adb

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #21 on: February 16, 2014, 02:23:48 pm »
Can you please post a picture of the arrow?
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Offline Badger

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #22 on: February 16, 2014, 02:34:09 pm »
  Sounds like you are moving up. Getting good arrow flight is crucial! Once you get your bow perfected don't ignore the attention a good arrow needs.
     
    I have about 100 light flight arrows I want to take out and shoot from the same bow and see which style is the most effective. If I can get to it before your flight shoot I will share the results. I can tell you for certain that my long skinny needle tips were a disaster. They were great for getting the arrow weight down but fizzled out quickly.
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Offline Lukasz Nawalny

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #23 on: February 16, 2014, 02:51:09 pm »
Flight bows, arrows and flight shooting is new experience for me. Im sure that long way before me, but it is very fascinating. Tommorow I make arrow photo.
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #24 on: February 16, 2014, 04:41:09 pm »
Lukasz,
Very cool bows, I've been thinking about getting into flight shooting myself.  Keep us posted, good luck.

Mark
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Offline Kviljo

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2014, 05:08:55 pm »
Great to see more interest in flight shooting! It should be possible to push both designs past the 400-meter mark. You might get even better speed from your molly if you cut down the levers a bit. That way you can reduce them even further, and shorter means faster.

I'm especially looking forward to hearing your results from the horn bows. The current Norwegian record with a horn/sinew composite with synthetic string and wood arrow is 374 meters.
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Offline Badger

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #26 on: February 16, 2014, 05:22:27 pm »
Kviljo, do you know the approx weight of that bow?
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Offline PatM

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #27 on: February 16, 2014, 05:35:57 pm »
Kviljio,    I've been wondering how the flightbow Marc made for you  did. Have you taken it to a competition or tested it yet?
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Offline Kviljo

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #28 on: February 16, 2014, 06:17:38 pm »
The 374 meter bow is somewhere around 90 pounds at maybe 22 inches. Not really sure about the exact numbers, but it's somewhere around that. The arrow was about 20 inches long, and it weighed about 10 grammes.

The bow that Marc built for me was fast, but perhaps not as fast as it looked. The most I have gotten out of it is about 270 meters with a 25 inch arrow. I'm sure it could do just over 300 with an optimal arrow and a good shot, but perhaps not much more.
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Offline PatM

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Re: My first flightbows
« Reply #29 on: February 16, 2014, 07:00:41 pm »
Thanks for letting us know how it did.
 I wonder how that design would do if shrunk even more in length and with a shorter draw/higher draw weight.
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