original:mobow
Hm, ok.....well, here are some real world numbers for you.....This is from my set up, nothing changed except the arrow. Draw weight and length remained static....
355 grain arrow flying 318 = 79.7 ft pounds
490 grain arrow flying 282 = 84.8 ft pounds
That's over 5 pounds, which is a significant increase. That's almost an 11% gain in KE. Does that matter a whole lot in THIS case? No, not really.Not when figuring KE alone, but all the other benefits make it worth it.
A 10% gain in KE on a lighter set up though, say a youth bow, is significant, and could make a tremendous difference.
And dubbya, that's not opinion brotha....that's GOSPEL!
I still have nothing against light/fast by the way. It's just not for me anymore is all......I'm married, I'm allowed to change my mind.....You'll see soon enough if you keep up the way you are....
Those numbers are definitely not from a youth bow setup and I'm sure you know a youth set up while the percentage may increase you are stillonly talking about acouple ofpounds of kebut I can definitely understand tweeking to maximize any bows potentialand even though I would agree that 84 is 5 more than 79, both numbers are about 3x what you actually need. Not sure what other benefits you gained but my main point was most modern compound set ups produce plenty of KE, how you tweek them is nothing more than personal preference. imho
10% of 79 is 7.9lbs so I am not sure how gaining only 5 lbs turned into an 11% gain (an 11% gain would have actually been a gain of 8.69 lbs. real world numbers) A 5 lb gain from 79 is about 6% on my calculator but I do get what you are saying.