Flight bow in progress

[Pappy]

Sounds like it's coming along nicely, and just like any other bow build,always some challenge to contend with as you move along. Looking forward to seeing the final results.
  Pappy

[PEARL DRUMS]

That's fast at such a short draw Steve. I bet she rips at a full draw!

[Badger]

  Chris, bow is not really on the edge of breaking, just on the edge of taking set. I could probably tiller it out to 28" but I would loose a lot of relfex and  some of the snap.

  Allen, glad you chimed in. I was about to make up a bunch of 22" arrows for this bow. I keep forgetting primitve stops at 23'.

  Something I see almost everytime I make a bow using no set tillering is I get just a little bit of forgiveness and healing if I don't go too far. Say I overdraw 1" and it looses a pound or so. When it sits for a few hours the weight comes back and I get another shot at tillering the weight down instead of compressing it down.

   It makes me think of a legal way to cheat at a weigh in just the way boxers do at weigh ins. They sweat off a bunch of weight before a fight to make weight and then over the next 24 hours rehydrate and put on 5 or 6 pounds. A flight bow could be slighlty over drawn for a temporary weight loss to make a weigh in and then set back down for a few hours to heal up. I tries this with my broadhead bow and could bot compress an ounce out of it even with a 3" overdraw. I had to go back and scrape another pound out of it.

[burn em up chuck]

   wow, i am enjoying this,

                   chuck

[Badger]

  Ok, for once everything came out just right.

 I started with 3.5 reflex and finished with 2.25 ( predicted about 2)

stored energy came in at 43.5 @24" draw ( this would exrtapolate out to almost 63# or 105% if drawn to 28")

Chrono speed came in at 248 fps with 200 grain arrow short drawn by 1/2". 245 fps was my goal, I should hit about 253fps)

Efficiency I am most happy about at 53.5% with a 200 grain arrow.

Mass came in at 16.6 predicted was 17.0


  I wiill polish it up a bit and post a series of photos.

[Del the cat]

Yo the man.
I haven't got over 200fps yet  mind I'm working on something 
Del

[bubbles]

Wow, that knot looks worse than the knot I just fixed in my Hickory backed osage, in a very similar spot too.   The little branches inside the knots were chrysaling.   
Great bow.    What do you think you would get at 10gpp?

Mike.

[Badger]

  I only did one shot and got 181 which I was very pleased with for a 24" draw. Arrow was slightly under 500 at 488. This is my best bow to date that has survived numerous shots and was pretty well worked in when tested. I have another bow set aside for the broadhead shoot drawing 50#@28 and am hitting 189 with it.

  I actually have specific records I am chasing and will build for those records. Doesn't mean I won't enter the bow in other classes as well. This bow will hit about 28 fps faster than the one I currently hold the record with. My broadhead bow should be good enough as well. I need about 228 yards with a 500 grain broadhead. 184 fps will do that under the right conditions.

[Marc St Louis]

That is excellent Steve.  Now put that bow away and save it for the flight shoots

P.S.  I started working, slowly, on a heavy recurve.  I decided to try a selfie

[Badger]

That is excellent Steve.  Now put that bow away and save it for the flight shoots

P.S.  I started working, slowly, on a heavy recurve.  I decided to try a selfie

  How long of a draw are going for Mark?

[Marc St Louis]

It will be 32"

[bubbles]

You guys are awesome.

[JackCrafty]