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DC:
I have not found a place to shoot yet so my testing is limited to chrono testing in the shop. I've always tested at 10 gpp but with this 35#@24" bow I've been messing with a lot lighter, down to 6.1gpp. Is there any point in this other that seeing big numbers on the chrono?
PatM:
Sure. Checking for clean arrow flight as you drop gpp and it will tell you what distance you could potentially reach.
willie:
lighter arrows don't let the bow shoot as efficiently as heavier arrows, so if you are building for lighter arrows you need to test with lighter arrows.
you could keep velocity and weight notes and calculate kinetic energy of the various arrows weights. curves on a graph plotting arrow weights vs kinetic energy could be useful to compare bows
DC:
Do you know if there's a site where I can just plug in the numbers and click a mouse ;D Like the Metric conversion sites.
willie:
http://www.1728.org/energy.htm
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