Explain this one Hoyt cam and a 1/2

[bigcountry25]

I was reading in a hunting mag I can' t remember it' s name, But they did a reveiw of the Hoyt Cam and 1/2 and they stated that if you set the draw length adjustments to different lengths on the cams like 29" on one and 30" on the other the cams would still stay in perfect timing. I know not to beleive everthing I read but if this is fact true I would like to know how???? I have yet to see the new cam design in person, my local shop still hasn' t receive the new hoyt' s. Heck if Hoyt would get rid of the ungly riser and split limbs I might consider tring one out. But after looking at the Martin tec sytle riser the Hoyts look 1000% better than them. Not tring to start a fight with that statment just my opinion on the looks of the Hoyts.

[ijimmy]

Ya its diferant than any other setup I' ve seen you can adjust the draw with out effecting cam tuneing . It is slightly diferant than dartons cps system when you change the draw the timing marks are not effected on the hoyt , if you change the draw on a darton it changes the index marks and cam index slightly . If you see one you will see what I mean . There are two modules that you change position on on the cam 1/2 and those modules dont even touch the string or cabels when the bow is at rest .

[Grndzer]

Cam ½ is still essentially a single cam system, at least in the fact that top and bottom work together. In the cam ½ systems the top cam is connected to the bottom cam via a buss cable. This is what eliminates the timing issue, Instead of working opposite of each other like a two cam system they still work together like a single cam and idler. So even If you set the DL on the top to one setting and the bottom to another, sense they are connected they will still turn a the same time. One will not rotate as far as the other but they will still turn at the same time.

I read the same article and this is what I got from it.

[vERN]

I have been intriqued with the new cam and 1/2 as it looks so much like the Darton CPS, which I have sold, used and love. It looks like a similar concept, but it appears that they may have made it easier to change draw lengths, etc. On the Dartons, you tune them to the middle mark first, then make changes for draw length. The string will not be centered on the tuning marks if you change away from the center marks, but they claim they are still in tune....just note where the string lays in comparison to the marks. Darton also claims that if you are not in true tune the bow will shoot OK, just not get peak performance like if it were properly tuned. I see Darton has again made some changes to their CPS system for 2003.

[ijimmy]

Update , while dartons claim of not haveing to be tuned is somewhat valid in that the bow will shoot well as long as its in the tuneing marks at the specified setting c and 3 I belive , hoyt claims the same thing and myself and others have found that not to be correct the hoyt system is a great system but needs to be treated more like a 2 cam bow . While the two systems are similar they are very diferant also the darton has a round excentric up top but hoyts does not .