It's really pretty tough comparing a static tip recurve to a long bow as far as smoothness goes. the let off feel you are getting with the RC shows up in the draw force curve as a dip.... starts out at 5-6 pounds per inch then drops down to 2# or less in some designs, then slowly climbs back up towards the tail end of the draw.
Now a long bow stores it's energy differently throughout the whole length of the limb on some, and just at the outer two thirds of the limb on others.... What shows up on the draw force curve is a bit less preload starting at 4-5 pounds per inch then dropping down to 2.5 PPI to 3 PPI throughout the rest of the draw clear to your anchor point....
There are died in the woll long bow guys that much prefer that steady increase in the draw, rather than the let off the RC bows give you. So smoothness of draw is a relative term in many ways.
If you like a shorter bow with deep core long bow limbs you can push/pull to string in the feild,the R/D design is hard to beat.
My 60" Sasquatch hybrid LB can be built to draw 33" and still hold an excellent string angle, with no finger pinch issues at all, and can put out speeds of over 200 fps at 9gpp depending on limb materials and draw length.... It's still my best seller, but the SS RC is coming on strong....
There are a bunch of excellent bowyers on board here that can offer you smoothness and excellent performance too bro...
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