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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Del the cat on December 08, 2021, 07:34:12 am

Title: Weird novelty bow.
Post by: Del the cat on December 08, 2021, 07:34:12 am

I came across this on Youtube, it is actually a bow rather than the usual slingshot pretending to be a bow.
It will be interesting to try and work out if there is any merit in the arrangment.
I've not seen it before. (Fast forward through most of the build to get to where you see it working)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnDMHJ3Eifk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnDMHJ3Eifk)
Del

Title: Re: Weird novelty bow.
Post by: Marc St Louis on December 08, 2021, 09:09:24 am

Weird but neat.  Good imagination

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Post by: WhistlingBadger on December 08, 2021, 11:00:17 am

Wow, that is extremely cool.  Kind of a backward crossbow.

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Post by: stuckinthemud on December 08, 2021, 04:12:23 pm

Very cool. Wonder if it could be upscaled

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Post by: bjrogg on December 08, 2021, 05:12:27 pm

Pretty cool. Looks like a good place for some sinew and horn.
Bjrogg

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Post by: Gimlis Ghost on December 09, 2021, 04:08:42 am

Inspired by the Sleestak bows from Land of the Lost?

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Post by: boxerboxer on December 09, 2021, 09:09:46 am

I wonder if you could build this design effectively out of mostly PVC. Not really in the spirit of what we do here, of course, but a way to do it with readily available materials.

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Post by: RyanY on December 09, 2021, 09:41:32 am

I’d like to see a f/d curve. Seems like it would place a ton of strain on the limbs in compression.

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Post by: NicAzana on December 11, 2021, 04:47:32 pm

Well, one benefit i could think of was that you can put most of the mass in the front of the arrow, and use a real skinny arrow - no need to use a specific spine or anything, either!