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I was reading the thread about (MY bow is so fast) and I pondered a thought, What if you shot, (backwards) out of the back of a truck that was travleing at the same speed as your bow shoots. To a bystander watching along the road ,Would the arrow just apear and fall striaght down to the ground? In theory if the speed was matched,Would the the forward motion of the bow cancle the motion of the string moving towards the rear of the truck? If so is it the bow that is fast or the arrow? Maybe I should have some more coffee. Keenan
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I've seen this question before somewhere. I beleive the correct answer was prove(mathmatically) to be that the arrow would fall to the ground at point of release. Simple because they would cancle each other out.
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fall to the ground if shot backwards, double your fps if shot forward(assuming vehicle and arrow fps are the same)
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But what if you had a tail wind twice the speed of your truck?
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Arrow Speed X 3763097563587 + 2/3 of Vehicle Momentum X (arrow weight) plus ratio of 994562 @ a standard/varied/nevermind/ of 62% vertical lift = tire size minus your last haircut...round out the road conditions...invert 4/5s of the total number in rolls of toilet paper used yearly...add 974625 sq....divide by 11-teen and you get half the answer...
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Pointy sticks; If so then we would be inclined to think that the bow is moving backward and the string nock is stationary at the point of release,,,,,Then at the precise point of seperation of nock and string (Brace H) the string would then accelerate backward with the truck,,,,Would the friction of the nock pulling away from the string be a factor??? Ok maybe I better wander back out to the shop and give the brain a rest.......LOL Keenan
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