Flight Archery Projects

[RyanY]

Thanks for the feedback friends.

Arvin, I am wondering how much wiggle room I'd have with a wood shaft. I probably need to start making my own. Poplar would be very easy to get.

Did some work tonight. Got the form for the smaller flight bow cut out. Made a few adjustments to the line to simplify it a bit. Got the billets cut down to a more reasonable size. They're a bit wedge shaped and not super wide so I need to be careful to get as much width as possible. Shaved down a piece to do a density check at some point. It's definitely hard, aged osage but not necessarily the most dense stuff I've used. I think I'll be able to get 1.75" wide. I have a lot of wiggle room for the length but I was hoping to keep it short, close to 54-56" for primitive flight. 

[Selfbowman]

Ryan that’s to narrow for that short a bow. It’s going to take more set than you want for flight. Just a opinion. Please prove me wrong. That width needs to be probably 66” minimum. That will help on the set problem.

[RyanY]

This will also have a shorter draw for 23” arrows is the plan. They’re the widest billets I have so I’ll have to see how tillering goes. Definitely a high stress design. 2” minimum would have been better.

[sleek]

What are the dimensions of that limb? I can run it through my bow calculator program, calculate the surface area of the bending section, and tell you how much that bow can weigh and not take set.

[RyanY]

What are the dimensions of that limb? I can run it through my bow calculator program, calculate the surface area of the bending section, and tell you how much that bow can weigh and not take set.

I haven’t finalized it yet. I’ll probably keep it 1.75” to mid limb or a bit further and then taper into the recurve. It’ll end up being around 24” long if I go 56” ntn with an 8” handle and fades. I’m not sure how much reflex it’ll end up with but I’ll be adding some deflex at the splice. 50#@24.5-25” from the back of the bow is the goal.

[sleek]

What are the dimensions of that limb? I can run it through my bow calculator program, calculate the surface area of the bending section, and tell you how much that bow can weigh and not take set.

I haven’t finalized it yet. I’ll probably keep it 1.75” to mid limb or a bit further and then taper into the recurve. It’ll end up being around 24” long if I go 56” ntn with an 8” handle and fades. I’m not sure how much reflex it’ll end up with but I’ll be adding some deflex at the splice. 50#@24.5-25” from the back of the bow is the goal.

Put 2.5 and end up with 1.5 to 1.75 reflex. Make that bow as wide as possible for as long as possible, start your taper as far out as you can.

When you decide the front profile of the bow, give me the width for every inch of length and Ill tell you what that bow can do without set.

[loefflerchuck]

Ryan, I have no doubt you can make a contending bow. Arvin is a master bowyer and friend, but I disagree with him on your bow being too narrow. The bow I hold the 70# primitive record for both flight and broadhead is hickory. 58” tip to tip along the curve, and 1 7/8” at the widest point. It is 68# @ 28”. I’ve seen a lot of bowyers post bows here that could come close enough to a record to get them hooked on trying to get those elusive last few yards. I like seeing new ideas. Sleek thinks outside the box. He showed up this year with a monster of a bow,  I thought was way too wide. I was proven wrong when he shot it about 375 yards. Would love to see more people on this site show up to test their creations.