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Offline Easternarcher

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What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« on: September 05, 2014, 09:43:59 am »
Never really understood this term.
So what characteristics make a flight bow different from the run-o-the-mill bow?
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Offline Badger

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2014, 12:12:06 pm »
      Bows shooting lighter arrows require more efficiency, than bows shooting heavy arrows. However you can accomplish this. Stiff skinny tips and limbs with short working areas are a good place to start. As of now primitive flight bows that have been successful are not so different than regular bows we see everyday even though the shorter bows register higher speeds. I believe this just indicates we need more practice in learning how to get arrows out of the short fast bows more cleanly. I am convinced we will see big jumps in the primitive flight bow distances in the near future. I have concentrated more on the broadhead bows only shooting the flight bows as more of an afterthought hobby. I plan to put more effort into flight bows from this point and learning what it takes to get good arrow flight from them.
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2014, 12:32:28 pm »
     this subject has always been a interest, just haven't pursued it yet,yet. excited to see this, thank you.

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Offline Badger

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2014, 05:39:43 pm »
Here is a littel short fast bow I was shooting, had trouble getting clean arrow flight
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Offline Badger

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2014, 05:48:04 pm »
   This girl broke her bow so I scraped down this 50# recurve to 35# so she would have something to shoot. She set a new world record with it. I believe the bow is 58" long.
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Offline DC

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2014, 06:41:53 pm »
That was mighty nice Steve! Did you then offer to sell it to her? >:D >:D
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Offline Badger

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2014, 07:45:20 pm »
  I never sell bows but I do give away bows to people who shoot them.
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2014, 07:49:16 am »
Quote from: Badger on September 08, 2014, 05:48:04 pm
   This girl broke her bow so I scraped down this 50# recurve to 35# so she would have something to shoot. She set a new world record with it. I believe the bow is 58" long.

Thats the spirit Steve Good job !!
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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2014, 11:52:15 am »
Ah! I see the pics now ;)
I love that you worked down that bow for her, shows the true spirit of bowmaking and archery :)
I'm moving towards making a fast/flight bow, big prob is nowhere to shoot it >:(
Just made a gently deflexed reflexed ELB :o  yeah I know in is almost a contradiction... I just kept it inside the "definition" (spits on floor) of ELB. It's for a target archer so only 35# but a respectable speed at 159fps (for a 73" long ELB of that weight)... too long for a flight bow, but its given me a taste of that DR shape. (Boo backed heat treated Yew)
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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2014, 12:53:21 pm »
Seems to me that bowyering may be the answer to all the troubles of the world! Great work Badger!
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Offline Billinthedesert

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2014, 12:22:04 pm »
Another shout out to Badger for modifying a flight bow for the lady. What a fine act of kindness and generosity -- and she set a record with it.

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Offline Parnell

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2014, 05:09:34 pm »
Quote from: Badger on September 08, 2014, 07:45:20 pm
  I never sell bows but I do give away bows to people who shoot them.

Really good of you, Steve.  Sounds like a great story.
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Offline Jodocus

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2014, 09:12:14 am »
Quote from: Badger on September 08, 2014, 07:45:20 pm
  I never sell bows but I do give away bows to people who shoot them.

Nothing against selling bows, but I think this is how the magic/mojo/medicine is preserved. Thumbs up.
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Offline burn em up chuck

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2014, 01:33:46 pm »
 that is awesome, steve come back to the Tennessee classic I would like to meet you and have a chat.

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Re: What makes a Flight bow...a flight bow?
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2014, 02:27:59 pm »
  I hope I can make it back again soon Chuck. That was one of my favorite vacations. The finest people anyone would ever want to meet.
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