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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2011, 12:02:34 am »
Very impressive bow Marc.  Is that a 2 vane arrow?
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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2011, 12:35:52 am »
Marc you really have them little rocket launchers down. Great craftsmanship as always.
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2011, 01:08:42 am »
Really love that asymmetrical handle!  Sooo... How fast is it?  Cmon we know you too well don't pretend you didn't run a few through your cronograph!  ;)
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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #18 on: December 03, 2011, 05:31:25 am »
Quote from: zenmonkeyman on December 03, 2011, 01:08:42 am
Sooo... How fast is it?  Cmon we know you too well don't pretend you didn't run a few through your cronograph!  ;)
Yup, that's what I was thinkin' but I din't want to appear too excitable :)
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2011, 06:31:05 am »
Very nice bow Marc!
Is that upper recurve longer/different from the lower??
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #20 on: December 03, 2011, 10:13:52 am »
Thanks guys.

I thought it would keep a bit more reflex than it did but there's not much working limb for a 25" draw.

The arrow is just something I use for tillering

I did not run it through a chrono but I did shoot it a few times.  I'll let Ivar do the real testing, on the range.  Winter up here and it's hard to do any testing like that indoors.  Plus bows like these don't have a long competitive life span.  The more I shoot it the less time it will have its competitive edge.

They can't use a shelf in Norway but he wanted something close to center shot so that is what I came up with.

The 2 recurves are not quite the same

Heat treating it again won't make any difference, done that before.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #21 on: December 03, 2011, 10:38:14 am »
It's a beauty! That'll toss an arrow a looong way! Jawge
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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #22 on: December 03, 2011, 11:00:14 am »
Nice little bow. Even broken down these bows can still go on to a second life. The degraded performance is still pretty good if you don't kow what they were like in their prime.
 The handle will feel pretty familiar to Kviljio since it's pretty much what he used on that great Ipe/Boo flight bow he used for hitting close to 400 with.
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Offline coaster500

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #23 on: December 03, 2011, 12:56:00 pm »
Wow 52"s,  70#s!!!  ,,, all I can do is scratch my head and wish for that kind of skill.

Amazing!!!
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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2011, 01:54:19 pm »
Very nice bow Marc.I would love to see it perform.Hard to beat EHHB.Great job. God Bless
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2011, 01:08:40 pm »
Amazing bow.   Everything about it....I gotta read that article...
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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2011, 01:59:06 pm »
Thanks guys

At 70# @ 25" it's quite the handful.  Ivar didn't want any more than that as he figured it would make it too hard to shoot
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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #27 on: December 05, 2011, 10:29:57 am »
Very nice work Marc ,that should spit an arrow for sure.  ;D ;D
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #28 on: December 05, 2011, 11:21:45 am »
Very nice Marc. I really like spliced handles for adding deflex. This is a great example of how to do it.
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Re: HHB Flightbow
« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2011, 10:56:11 am »
Thanks guys

Justin:  That type of splice is a bit more work to make but as far as I'm concerned well worth it.
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