Norwegian flight championship.

[Mad Max]

A flight bow should be highly stressed, but perhaps not this much he he. The competition is on Saturday so plenty of time to make another

Keep the new one just the same, keep it stressed, No pain No gain 

[Kirkll]

Aw man…. That’s  too bad…. At least she went on the tiller tree instead of in your hands.

Do you have any arrow requirements in the class you are shooting? I’m curious what weight arrows you plan to use?

I’d love to see pictures of the next one without a string and see what kind of reflex you are starting with.    Kirk

[onetone]

That’s a bummer Bue but it is good you are not discouraged and are going to make another! Have you also made your own arrows for the flight shooting?

[Pat B]

That's too bad, Bue. I'd say if the maple backing broke across grain the wood was deteriorated for some reason.
 Some of the flight shooters here in the US only expect their bows to make one good shot they are so highly strained. The ultimate distance the arrow goes is what counts.
 Oh well, time to start another.     

[Buggs]

Thats sucks after all the work put into it.

Looks like your flight bow did not like having its wings clipped

[Stagmitis]

Sorry Bue!

Did the break make Pickle News?

[Buemaker]

No cucumber news this time.

[Buemaker]

Kirk. The class I was going to use the broken bow is what I guess I could call basic flight up to 50 pounds. If the bow weight is say 49 pounds at 28 inch draw, you are allowed to use a 29 inch arrow. The arrows must be made from wood or bamboo with bird feathers or pergament. No plastic nocks. Point or no point is up to you. No weight requirement. The arrows I was going to use had a weight from 19-20 grams. 19 grams is 293 grains. A bit lighter would have been better, but the spine have to be considered also.
I have a back up bow made from two lams of Hickory that I am going to use in the up to 35 pound class, 51 inches ntn with 25 inch arrows with 245 grain weight.
There are other classes based on war arrows from medieval times and from Viking age. These have other requirements.

[Buemaker]

Onetone. I make the arrows, hand planed and sanded. Barrelled shaped with inserted round headed brass nails as points. Feathers are 1-1 1/4 inch long.

[Bvas]

Ouch.

I've seen those loud explosions a time or 2.

Never fun.

A time or two??
I thought your wood stove ran on explosions. 

Hope attempt two holds together for you Bue.

[Kirkll]

Kirk. The class I was going to use the broken bow is what I guess I could call basic flight up to 50 pounds. If the bow weight is say 49 pounds at 28 inch draw, you are allowed to use a 29 inch arrow. The arrows must be made from wood or bamboo with bird feathers or pergament. No plastic nocks. Point or no point is up to you. No weight requirement. The arrows I was going to use had a weight from 19-20 grams. 19 grams is 293 grains. A bit lighter would have been better, but the spine have to be considered also.
I have a back up bow made from two lams of Hickory that I am going to use in the up to 35 pound class, 51 inches ntn with 25 inch arrows with 245 grain weight.
There are other classes based on war arrows from medieval times and from Viking age. These have other requirements.

Some of the fastest bows i've ever seen were made with hickory. 

  So you can use a shorter bow with shorter draw lengths with the arrow 1" over draw length?  Why not build a 49.5 @ 24 and use a 25" shaft? you would have to custom build the shafts for spine stiffness, but could do this by laminating your arrow stock , then turning them yourself and possibly use a parabolic shape to reduce mass weight.......

I wish i had the time to get into flight shooting. That would be great sport going into mad scientist mode again...    

[onetone]

Nice arrows  Painted or stained?

[Roy from Pa]

Bvass, nuff outta you boy.

 

Bue very nice arrows. That's how I made my arrows for our golf shoots, where you shoot at a target maybe 300 to 500 yards distance and you play the game just like golfing. I've found that my wooden arrows were lighter than carbon and aluminum arrows.

[onetone]

What wood did you use for those arrows Roy?

[Roy from Pa]

Poplar is the lightest.

[onetone]

 

[Buemaker]

Kirk you can do that and can actually shoot that bow with a slightly heavier draw weight than the 50 pound limit. That’s the way it is and is equal for all.
Onetone I use alcohol based leather dye and then some kind of wood oil.
Roy that golf sounds like fun.

[Kirkll]

Kirk you can do that and can actually shoot that bow with a slightly heavier draw weight than the 50 pound limit. That’s the way it is and is equal for all.
Onetone I use alcohol based leather dye and then some kind of wood oil.
Roy that golf sounds like fun.

I was just curious how they measure the draw weight?

I found that anything less than 25" in length for arrows  is very difficult to get decent flight stabilization shooting long distance. I experimented with shooting ultra light , short arrows with an over draw years ago using bows up to 100# draw weights just for fun.... Of course i was in my late 30's early 40's then. I don't think i could even get much more than 70# to full draw any more.... I don't want to hurt myself trying any more either...

i hunted with 84# with  444 grain aluminum arrows for many years, and a lot of guys criticized me for using such light arrows too. But i was busting ribs on elk at 40 yards with that set up, and could shoot half dollar sized groups with it at that distance. How do you argue with that?   Kirk