Levitating arrow rest
 

http://www.air-rest.com/home.htm Hope this link works.

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You know when something like this comes along you feel like shooting yourself in the foot for not thinking of it first.[:@]

Full containment and no contact with the arrow what so ever. No cords, no linkage, no moving parts, nothing there to fail at all. Dang that is a friggin awesome idea. Duuuuuh!

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I seen this too. One question that immediately came to mind was, does the arrow stay perfectly still, or does it move it around while at full draw? I would think it would kinda float around, but who knows.

Another question though, did a bomb go off when he shot in the video or what? [:-]

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Yeah, that bow sounded more like a boulder hitting the bottom of a deep well...

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Eeeewww, that video was annoying- kinda creepy.

That gadget would only work with perfectly level nock travel IMHO.
No arrow guidence after the broadhead leaves the rest area??
Not on my infinity cammed bow[8D].

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It is amusing to see new ideas at work. I hope someone with a pocket full of cash will buy one and give us a review:D

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I know absolutely nobody will beleive me but I thought of this about 2 years ago when I first started using drop aways but of course never had the motivation or money to go anywhere with it.:eek::D

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Interesting idea. I would love to see someone impartial do a test on this one.

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Reading the fine print, you have to have special magnetic inserts for the thing to work and, apparently, they've only got 'em for aluminum arrows. Seems like having a rest only for aluminum in this day and age with the carbon fixation would be a deal killer.

Not to mention, for the inserts to be magnetic, they'd have to contain a good bit of iron or steel. That'd add a good bit of weight to the arrow, also a deal killer for the speed freak contingent.

Did anybody but me notice how beat up the inside of that rest in the video was? There's obviously been a LOT of contact going on inside that booger!

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I think that is mole skin he has taped stuck in there. Apparantly there is some drag across the rest while coming to full draw?

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They are working on an insert for carbon arrows. It's not the insert that has to be magnetized, there is a small magnet attached to the back of the insert....and Yes, there is contact up until full draw then the arrow levitates.

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I guess that is moleskin. Now that I put on my specs, I've got a better view of it.[&:]

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For carbons you have to use their broad heads that have a magnet in them. This was talked about on AT a while ago. I think I will pass. Neat concept, but it's not going on my bow.

Paul

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Ya know, I watched that video seems like 100 times (with the volume turned down...anoying sound from that bow) anyway it may just be a bad video but I could swear that arrow is ever so slightly moving around. You can see it just before the arrow is fired. If that's tha case I wounder if it's enough to cause accuracy problems.

I think both the weight of the arrows and the weight of the rest would be much more than most people would care for. After all magnets are heavy and I bet the one in the rest is a pretty good sized one to compensate for the small one in the arrow.

Also the arrow tip needs to be close to the rest. This would make me nervous having a fixed broadhead behind my hand just floating around:DI know the rest completely surrounds the arrow but it'a a pretty big opening.

Other than that it's a pretty neat idea.