RE: Stupid Question???
 

BF,

I see your point!!!.

So it is not the amount of time the arrow spends on the string or the distance it moves on the string.

Thanks

RE: Stupid Question???
 

RA,

Some will argue that the distance and time spent on the string also plays into the "forgiveness" equation. The longer the arrow is on the string, whether it be distance (long draw) or time from a lower brace height- the greater the chance that the archer induces errors into the launch of the arrow. What if an archer had an absurd draw length of 40"? During that loooong path of the power stroke (and the time on string) there's more opportunity for something to be torqued or moved as compared to someone with a 25" draw length.

RE: Stupid Question???
 

I learn a lot from this site...it is why I keep coming back.

JeffB and/or Rack Attack: Your arguements make sense but contradict what I have read in several published articles (Peterson's Bowhunting and elsewhere) where the authors state that low brace height accuracy/forgiveness problems are due to the increased time the arrow is on the string. For example, if you have the bad habit of dropping your bow hand, then that problem is magnified when you are shooting a low brace height bow because of the extra movement due to the extra time the arrow is on the string.

Personally, I like your explanations better. Opinions?



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RE: Stupid Question???
 

Mouse,

Thats why I asked the question.

if it is the amount of time that makes it critical than going light and fast should greatly improve the forgiveness of your bow.

here are some examples:

If you take a bow shooting 280ft per second and shorten the brace height by 1" the arrow stays on the string .0003 seconds longer.

If that same bow shooting 280 has an IBO of 330 (bowtech <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>) and you shoot a 350 grn arrow to achieve the 330 fps. That decreases the time the arrow is on the string by .006 seconds.

That lessens the amount the arrow is on the string 20 times more than increasing brace height by 1&quot;.

If the Brace height time theory is correct, that tells me that going with a heavy arrow is much more detrimental to bow forgiveness that decreasing brace height.

This doesn't seem true, that is why I questioned my original opinions on brace height.

Blackfrogs theory makes much more sense to me.

Edited by - Rack-Attack on 01/03/2003 14:48:40