how much faster is a recurve than a strait tip bow?

[timmyd]

Sleek....you just basically spelled out how a compound bow works 

[sleek]

Sleek....you just basically spelled out how a compound bow works 

Well, that does it, I quit.

[Badger]

If there is an optimum shape of the recurves themselves then I have never found it.  I have tried large curves and small ones and found that there is no difference in performance between the 2; in fact I would suspect that the small curves would be better for flight shooting due to their lighter mass.  The one major difference I have found is that smaller recurves are less prone to introducing twist in the limb

   That is exactly what I have found Mark. The bigger round curves do have more capacity for energy storage but they loose out in efficiency and being stable. I don't know the best angle I would expect that anything that lifted off at a very even rate would be desirable. A big static recurve has to bend too much in the inner limb to get the curves to open up.

[bradsmith2010]

this have been a great thread, and narrowed down alot of experimentation for me on my next recurve,,just gonna try and keep it simple with smaller recurves,, and see what I can do,,

[bushboy]

No data to back this up ,but a trimmed out recurved mollegebet lever shoots quite well