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why tonkin bamboo shafts and arrows might fail.
Todd Mathis:
--- Quote from: artcher1 on October 28, 2019, 06:16:24 am ---Well, I never saw and arrow shaft I couldn't break. They all fail under the right circumstance. That's a fair expectation. I once mounted an authenic Indian arrow head on a Tonkin shaft and shot it into an Oak tree until the shaft shattered. Never did damage the arrow head. Go figure...……..Art
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hahahahaha! Alas...
Todd Mathis:
--- Quote from: Todd Mathis on October 31, 2019, 08:54:05 am ---
--- Quote from: aaron on October 28, 2019, 01:28:50 pm ---It sounds to me like the bare shaft arrows did not stabilize in flight before hitting the target. In your post on your website, you say that they had stabilized- why do you say that? Some of the language used on your site is not really clear to me. "When I say my ARROWS are tougher than carbon, there are a few things I never considered. I DO NOT MEAN that my SHAFTS are tougher than carbon. Shafts can break quite easily.". I don't understand what youre trying to say here.
the picture shows the arrow perpendicular to the target, but it could have been waggling back and forth and just happened to stick into the target perpendicular.
I think you're setting some pretty high expectations in your marketing. Bamboo arrows break too.
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Fair enough. my arrows are that tough...but not until they are an arrow. What I am learning is that until the feathers are on and the arrow stabilizes in flight, it is just a stick wobbling through the air. Because it is a hollow grass tube, the shear (sideways) stress of it hitting a very hard backstop and not being lined up with the weight behind the head just might not be successful at all. Shafts are not the toughest, just the arrows. Thanks for pointing this out. I'll go look at my website again.
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Shaft vs. arrow. One is balanced and fletched. The other isn't...I should make it clearer that I mean that. Thanks.
Russ:
Hey todd, I would love to find a time to ask some questions and just talk if your up for it!
willie:
--- Quote ---This is very interesting to read! I assume you hunt? I would love to chat on the phone to learn more about this math.
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Todd
the previous sponsor posted some good links that help understand lots of the math.
the search function in the forum is not the best, but if you click on his username and look at his posts, or better still search the attachments to his posts......
BTW, Welcome and thanks for becoming the new sponsor :)
Russ:
Who was the last sponsor
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