31" draw length

[Swissbow]

A friend want to build his own longbow. He's aiming for a draw weight of 40-45#31". The bow length is 66" and the riser length is 18" and the design is mild R/D. Because of the increased draw length we are not quite sure about the total stack. I guessed that with 0.360 we should be quite close. We are going to use a total taper of 0.004. What do you guys think ? Any hints and recommendations a gladly appreciated.

[scottm]

Are you positive he has a 31" draw.I had a 31" draw with my compound bow but with my long bow or recurve im only drawing 28.5"-29" which veries greatly depending on weather im Just drawing my bow back,target shooting,hunting on the ground or tree stand ect...Just some thing to check into.

[kennym]

Have you built one off the form with .004? Mine is .003 taper total,it comes in at 50@28 with .365,64" bow.  The .004 would make it lighter weight,but how much I'm not sure...

[Swissbow]

He is like 1.9 metres ( 6.4 foot ) tall and we checked his draw length again last night. He effectively draws 31".

The one I'm building right now has a total taper of 0.004 and it looks like I'm getting right where I want it and I also like the way it bends. But actually he doesn't care that much if the total taper is 0.003 or 0.004. His main concern is not to get a bow that is like 20# to heavy.