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bow length
StickMark:
Please keep discussing this idea of asymmetrical bows. I always appreciate a little clearance on the ground side.
jayman448:
id like to know how one would tiller such a bow with 12 inches of asymetry... wouldn't that just look terribly out of wack? also seems like a bow that might fail more readily?
loon:
i dunno lol. the handle shouldn't rotate on the tree, i suppose. and maybe the tips of the bow should always be on a line perpendicular to the arrow more or less
I see two advantages: ground clearance and possibly more stored energy? and I read somewhere that symmetrical bows sometimes take set unevenly on the limbs so you end up having to flip them or something
i think he's a bit too obsessed with the golden ratio, but what do i know..
https://redhawk55.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/asymmetrical-bow-designs-vol-2-in-harmony-with-nature/
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/23054/old-designs-reloaded-asymmetrical-bows
Urufu_Shinjiro:
I suppose a good way to learn about asymmetrical bows would be to look at the ultimate asymmetrical bow, the Yumi.
loon:
apparently they're really hard to shoot properly or something, ie "you have to learn kyudo at a dojo, it absolutely cannot be self taught" wat
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