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alanesq:
--- Quote from: deerhunter97370 on February 15, 2008, 01:07:36 pm ---Ok, Historicly War archers didnt stand on a battle feild alone lbbing arrows at a charge of calvery. right so wouldnt a good mark for war bows be a group of archers shooting at a target. Joel
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I am not sure if that question is directed at myself or Nick?
What I would say is that I think you are right, a warbow archer would probably be expected to have a good aim at any range but what I think separates warbow archery from other types is that hitting a target at 100 yards is no good at all if the arrow has no energy in it (i.e. it just bounces off the most basic form of armour)
The simplest way to measure how much energy you are putting into an arrow is shoot a standard arrow (e.g. the John Holder arrow) and see how far you can get it to go, I think this is why we tend to put a lot of emphasis on distance.
I dont know how feasible it is but I think it would be interesting to have a target archery type boss which registers how hard the arrow hits
I think this would then give the information you would need to be able to compare warbow archers at close range shooting.
markinengland:
If the straw boss is new and firm with no soft spots a good judge of the energy is how far an arrow penetrates. As long as the basic arrow head and shaft diameter are basically the same (a standard arrow type) you should be able to measure penetration from different weight bows at different differences (assuming you could hit the thing!).
Mark in England
alanesq:
--- Quote from: markinengland on February 16, 2008, 02:32:47 pm ---If the straw boss is new and firm with no soft spots a good judge of the energy is how far an arrow penetrates. As long as the basic arrow head and shaft diameter are basically the same (a standard arrow type) you should be able to measure penetration from different weight bows at different differences (assuming you could hit the thing!).
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This is a possibility
but as you say, this would require a brand new boss and I woulld imagine a straw boss would be no good as its not consistant over its surface
skerm:
I suppose you could construct something similar to those scales used for measuring draw weights, but for compression instead of tension and of course in a suitable size. You'd need to mount your target on a spring with a slider that remains at the position of maximum compression of the spring after the impact. You need to determine the ratio of force and compression length of the spring, then you can calculate the energy that has been transferred to the spring by multiplying this ratio with the squared length.
Marc St Louis:
I'm not a warbow shooter but it would seem to me that being able to hit a man size target accurately at 200 yards would not be desireable in war. Can you just imagine 200 archers each picking the same foe to shoot at? Sure he would be a pin cushion but everybody else would be free to come in and hack you to pieces.
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