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Looking for a 400 yard shot
mmattockx:
--- Quote from: Badger on October 04, 2025, 04:50:05 pm --- Almost every record I can think of recently that was broken using a wood arrow was broken with an arrow thought to be far too weak. Coming out sideways is what I think kills the arrow, not the flexing.
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Not exactly the same thing, but the arrows used by Olympic archers are tapered both ends and they prefer the spine a bit on the weak side. This is considered to be more forgiving of a bad release by the archer. Perhaps your 'weak' flight arrows are doing a similar thing and are less affected by variation in the release and are giving better performance overall?
Mark
willie:
--- Quote from: mmattockx on October 05, 2025, 12:08:09 pm ---arrows used by Olympic archers are tapered both ends and they prefer the spine a bit on the weak side. This is considered to be more forgiving of a bad release by the archer. Perhaps your 'weak' flight arrows are doing a similar thing and are less affected by variation in the release and are giving better performance overall?
Mark
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or just tapered?
https://eastonarchery.com/2018/12/arrow-shaft-design-and-performance/
or forged-tapered with a straight blank to keep minimal FOC?
mmattockx:
--- Quote from: willie on October 05, 2025, 05:29:23 pm ---or just tapered?
https://eastonarchery.com/2018/12/arrow-shaft-design-and-performance/
or forged-tapered with a straight blank to keep minimal FOC?
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The X10 is the arrow in question, which is a barrelled design.
Mark
willie:
Hi Mark,
I was reading at Eastons site after seeing your post and thought to pass along an interesting article that also explained the benifits of a tapered shaft in addition to a barrelled one.
My reference to forged was more directed to Dels experiments with compressed wood and the forgewood process mentioned up thread. I believe some of the original forgewood shafts were straight diameter shafts that were compressed from a tapered blank, producing a finished shaft with FOC.
For flight use, one may not want FOC, but may want a tapered tail end instead. Perhaps a setup like Dels for forging wood could turn out something like that.
Del the cat:
Oooh, I'm creeping up on the 400 yards. ???
tested my mk2 flight bow (boo/Yew) ~50-55#
Only got 2 shots before a strange minor unexpected failure in the plywood riser.
best was 365 yards... I had 10 flight arrows to test, so I'd expect at least one to have beaten that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIbLRZZZHNo
Another try next week.
Del
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