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RyanY:
I had the pleasure of talking with Arvin at the TN Classic this year about flight shooting. I've always wanted to get into it but was intimidated by the natural materials strings and arrows. He showed me which linen thread to buy and one of his broadhead arrows. It has inspired me to get started on some flight gear so I wanted to share my projects and progress.

RyanY:
Started with an extra wide seat for my tiller tree and a scraper shave for the extra wide limbed bows.

RyanY:
Heat treating a practice bow. Tried using some foil tape to reflect the heat away from the belly side. Just made a sticky mess.  :o
Tied a piece of wire to the heat gun to keep the distance consistent. I think I'm going to get one with a bit more power after using a better one at the classic.

sleek:
Arvin has got to be the absolute best guy to talk to, he is a pretty smart fella, despite just being an old Texas cowboy type and his humble appearances lol. He has more records with his bows than maybe anyone, and he did it fast too. You also could have met a better guy in general.

Looking forward to seeing your progress, Ill do my best to help you along as well.

RyanY:
Finished up a practice pyramid bow. It is hickory. I was hoping to heat in 5" of reflex in anticipation of keeping close to 3". I think the reflex could have been more aggressive because there was a lot of spring back with such a gradual curve. Only ended up keeping around 2" after a few heat treats. Also ended up light closer to 46#@28". I think if the humidity goes down it'll pick up a couple pounds. I'm also working on my shooting here and there and was short drawing it. Was getting low 170's FPS with a 450 grain arrow so not too fast. Also wanted to try a short handle and shaping the arrow pass. I need to shoot it for distance but am still working on finding somewhere to do that.

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