BBY wannabe Flightbow

[simk]

Hi Bowmakers

After I found out I have some indestructable stuff

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,71391.0.html

I thought about making a little high performance bow. I flattened the other half of the misterous yew log and backed with boo.

Designwise Mr Drake came in my mind. From what I've read about this Harry Drake I always have benn fascinated by this legendary archer.

I lent the basic design from him and tried to make a fast bow. I'm quite happy with almost 3" of reflex after shooting it a lot - only took about 2" set since glueup. I even brought it to the range and of course everybody shot it 
She's approx 59"ntn, 45#@26" and 400gramms.

Does anybody have more info about the early Drake bows? Some specs maybe of his yew selfbows? pics, maybe even a fulldraw pic? Doesen't seem to be many pics of the early days?

Cheers

[simk]

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[simk]

thanx 4 watching

[sleek]

That is a beautiful bow. After resting, how much reflex comes back after you unstring it?

[simk]

I havent exactly monitored sleek! But I checked again eyeballing I'd say 1 to 11/2"....maybe 2"...this is the current situation after photo and shooting today....probably will relax a little more.

[sleek]

Id say I'd you can make the design so it takes maybe a half inch or less you would have a bow that could do well in flight. If you make another, make it wider with a not as wide bamboo backing. That should help on set.

I really do like that bow though. Very nice craftsmanship.

[superdav95]

Nice bow.  Will be curious on the speed it gets!   

[simk]

Sleek, the cross section is trapped significantly. I made it narrow because the originals were. Apart of making it a little wider I wouldnt know how to take it less set. Heat treating the belly sure is an option too but glued in reflex always dissappears after bending to 70%, its inevitable imho. I'd love to know your secrets and especially Harrys 🙃 still I'm quite ok with the outcome. What max speeds do you get from your bows, just curious? 🙃

Thanx Superdav, the 10gpp was somewhere in the mid 180's, the light one, approx 6 gpp 215 was my best shot 👍

[Stixnstones]

Gorgeous lil bow...

[sleek]

Sleek, the cross section is trapped significantly. I made it narrow because the originals were. Apart of making it a little wider I wouldnt know how to take it less set. Heat treating the belly sure is an option too but glued in reflex always dissappears after bending to 70%, its inevitable imho. I'd love to know your secrets and especially Harrys 🙃 still I'm quite ok with the outcome. What max speeds do you get from your bows, just curious? 🙃

Thanx Superdav, the 10gpp was somewhere in the mid 180's, the light one, approx 6 gpp 215 was my best shot 👍

When it comes to laminated bows I don't have many secrets unfortunately. I haven't made many but I do plan to start getting more into it. 180s is really good speed. I think my self bow that broke the flight record was in that range. My fastest self bow so far hit 187fps but I couldn't repeat it so it may have been a fluke.

Your bow is faster than than I would have guessed it to be. It would be nice to see what that bow can do in flight. Do you have a location  you can shoot it?

What state do you live in out if curiosity?

[Del the cat]

Nice job, handsome bow... just gotta make the right arrow now
Del

[simk]

Sleek, altough I'd love to try, real flightshooting is a very complex thing and hard to find a place in tiny Switzerland, where I live. Shooting the chrono is easy and imho conclusive when it comes to the bow itself, excluding the archers and arrowmakers talent. Shooting the 10gpp somehow seems a little boring too. Most of my bows are very close in the 180's. Also 10gpp imho does not justice to many bow designs...its just a random standard. When it comes to lighter arrows we will see big differences tough. I find this very interesting and often try to find out the real max speed of a bow....altough I havent light enough arrows yet. I like bomaking, making arrows seems boring 🙃

[Selfbowman]

That’s a beauty for sure and real good speeds. It’s a contender with the right arrow and release I assure you. Low in mass weight. It does need 5 more pounds of draw weight though. Arvin

[Will B]

Beautiful bow Simon. The grain in that yew is spectacular! 

[bownarra]

Sweet bow
Thicker is quicker - rarely hear people mentioning the increased return speed of a thicker (equal drawlength/weight) limb. Think of a tuning fork.