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Mary Rose Replica Bow Build-Along--An Entrance into the World of War Bows
kerbinator:
Have any of you tried shooting a flaming arrow? All of mine blow out when I shoot'em. Maybe its my fuel. Kerbinator
Primitive1:
Though I've never shot a flaming arrow, I've thought of it often. I wonder if Sterno fuel would work? It's kind of like a jellified fuel source. I know as a kid that stuff was fun to play with (albiet dangerous). When my buddy and I would go 'rat chasin', we had to make our own torches and paper never cut the mustard (we would go into old culverts/tunnels searching for our prey). We did find that plastic cups worked great stuffed onto the end of a stick which had the added cool effect of dripping molten plastic globs of flame as we walked...lasted a good long while as well. Another interesting note, they had a challange on the 'Amazing Race' show which had the contestants shooting the Mongolian bows with flaming arrows 80 yards to hit a 4' diameter bowl that had what looked like gunpowder in it. When the flaming arrow hit the bowl, it exploded into flames and was very neat to watch. It wasn't so neat watching people who obviously never handled a bow wrestle with them...that was painful. I was sitting on the edge of the couch, talking out loud trying to coach them...wife thought it was quite humorous. ::) After teaching 5 children so far, you can't blame me!
duffontap:
While I'm working on the next step, it would be interesting to see what some of you aficionados of bow performance think of the war bow front-view outline. Is there a reason why the taper grew progressively faster toward the tips but hardly started until mid-limb? Keep in mind also that this outline is based on the Mary Rose bows, which me may assume to represent the height of perfection of the war bow.
J. D.
Kviljo:
I would guess more width at midlimb is there to support more bend at midlimb, and therefore probably a faster more eliptical bow.
duffontap:
Has anyone been having trouble viewing my pics? One person wrote me and said this. I've been experimenting with hosted pics rather than using the attachment option because it allows me to format a little nicer. If there are specific pictures you want to see that you're having trouble viewing--let me know by email and I'll send them in an attachment.
J. D. Duff
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