messuring D/R question.

[Russell S.]

when you say 1 inch of deflex and 2 inchs of reflex, do you mean:

1 limb goes 1" behind the back of the riser the goes 2" back above the back of the riser?  

2 the limb goes 1 inch from back of riser to 2 inchs fwd of the furthest deflex (so 1" fwd of back of riser)  

and do you measure from the back of the riser or the center of the center lam?

[Jason Scott]

I would think # 2 is correct. Unless You said 2" net reflex, which would be 1" deflex and 3" reflex.

[Jason Scott]

When I consider deflex and reflex I am talking about the distance from the deepest spot on the form at the riser to the highest point mid limb for deflex and from the highest point mid limb to the nock point as my reflex. Net reflex is from the deepest point on the form at the riser to the nock point, which could be forward (possitive) or behind (negative) the back of the riser. I don't like to go over 1 to 1.5 inches net relex for an R/D bow because it starts to become unstable (limb twist) for the longbow limb design and the string will start to want to ride the belly of the limb (making it a recurve.) My best shooters so far have been with negative to .5" net reflex and 1 to 2 inches deflex. The more deflex the less net reflex. The first form I made of my own design I though I would re-invent the wheel or come up with something that would outperform what was already out there and I got real agressive with reflex. That was a mistake. Since then I realized why most bows are of the typical designs we see, because it is the best overall. I think a stable shooter that will smoothly shoot thousands of shots and withstand all the unstringings and such is more important than gaining a few fps from a radical design. I took the long and costly road to get my r/d design education.