ILF longbow help

[coachA]

I have been looking a ILF longbow limbs for a while now but I can find a thread or anything that actually compares them. I talked to a guy earlier that told me that Dryad, Centaur and Sky are the best but I haven't been able to find anything that compares them. Any opinion would be appreciated but I would really like to talk to someone that has experience with all three. There are three things that I would really like to know about, stability, quietness and speed. If you could possibly provide actual numbers I would appreciate it.

[JohnV]

You are unlikely to find any comprehensive reviews that compare different bows.  Too much is subjective.  Try each bow, if possible, and decide which you like best and go from there.

[coachA]

That's what I figured but I cant afford to get all three of them and try them out. I don't even know anyone that has them that might let me try them for a short period. Just hoping that there would be someone on here that could help.

[ron w]

I have had Dryad, Morrison, TT and I found them all very much alike. Never really liked them that much so I sold them and stuck with recurve limbs. The longbow limbs were quiet.

[Orion]

Most ILF risers are made for recurve limbs.  By that, I mean that their limb pad angles are designed to get optimal performance out of recurve limbs.  Longbow limbs don't fare as well because the limb pad angles are too obtuse/large to achieve maximum performance out of longbow limbs.

More acute, shallower limb pad angles would be better for longbow limbs, but that would put too much early load on recurve limbs.  There are always trade offs.

[fireball31]

google the Amateur archer BlogSpot. He has done some nice reviews of several different ILF longbow limbs

[fireball31]

Double post

[old_goat2]

Originally posted by Orion:
Most ILF risers are made for recurve limbs.  By that, I mean that their limb pad angles are designed to get optimal performance out of recurve limbs.  Longbow limbs don't fare as well because the limb pad angles are too obtuse/large to achieve maximum performance out of longbow limbs.

More acute, shallower limb pad angles would be better for longbow limbs, but that would put too much early load on recurve limbs.  There are always trade offs.

This is what I've learned from my research, I owned a dryad ILF longbow, it shot really nice, I think what's important is to have the same brand riser and limbs so that they are designed to go together!!!