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simk:
Lucky me! A friend of our archery club just gave me a surplus shooting machine. Very cool. From now on I will be able to do precise speed testing, even at 28" draw.
Today I then played a little with.
First I shot my old hornbow http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,68821.0.html. I was very surprised at how fast it shot 10gpp @ 28" (197fps).
https://youtube.com/shorts/3N4dGHwQNCk?feature=share
After that I played a little on my phone and got a nice slomo.  the vibrations look terrible in the vid.

Same I Idid with one of my laminated Longbow prototypes. This one is Boo/Maple/Yew, 41# @ 28" - 10gpp - 186fps - test passed :D
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i8TXD9254Qk

I like the new setup and slomo vid - giving new interesting insights into my bows and providing solid numbers (-S

 

superdav95:
Simon.  This is awesome!   I love your advanced horn bow.  I’m not sure how I missed this bow!    I’m building one similar to this right now actually.  Just letting the final layer of sinew to dry and cure.  Right now I’ve got 11” reflex after final sinew layer laid.  Strung backwards while it dries.  My levers look shorter then yours I think.  Mine are around 11” long. Working limb is around 16-17” I think.   I’m curious how much reflex if any you lost and how much you started with after sinew drying.  My version is molle style design also. I love your  finished bow.  Very neat work.  I hope mine turns out as nice and as fast.  I’m shooting for around 50lbs draw for mine. 

Very inspiring stuff

Dave

PaSteve:
Always enjoy looking at your bows simk. Very impressive speed on those two. Have fun!

diliviu:
Impressive speeds!
What is the reflex of the boo/maple/yew, please?

bassman211:
Are you testing those bows with a release?  Did you test any of them by just shooting your natural way? Are you shooting those bows with a static release, or fluid release. That all can influence test results. Just curious.

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