aerophysicist
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Hey all, I've had a PSE X Force Dream Season since around 2010 and frankly have had no complaints with the bow. It's maxed out at 54 lbs draw weight, has easily taken down any deer I've shot (and half the time the arrows just blow through the deer and I can't find them), I shot a 3D league back in high school with it and placed pretty well, etc. However, I recently decided to look around at what technology has changed in the archery scene and additionally build another setup for target shooting.
As I read various forum posts on the internet, looked at specs around today's modern bows, and watched reviews on Youtube, I kept hearing a lot of qualitative terms describing upgrades. "This bow has a much smoother draw cycle." "Longer bows/wider limbs are more forgiving." "This cam is very aggressive." "There's so much more to a bow aside from speed and weight."
While I'm in no way discrediting any of these claims (and have witnessed some of them myself), it did make me wonder:
Has anyone come across videos where people measure and quantify these properties?
I've seen some high speed videos of shots and things like that but otherwise haven't stumbled across too much on this.
Professionally, I work as an engineer and teacher (if my username didn't already give that away). So I'm thinking about spending the rest the summer creating a short Youtube series where I start with some of the physics around archery (which I know has been done before), develop a test rig, and then try to measure various things on a few different bows I've got access to.
PS: I know a lot of building a bow setup revolves around what's comfortable for the individual using it, I just want to see if I can start to put hard numbers to that (for at least myself).
As I read various forum posts on the internet, looked at specs around today's modern bows, and watched reviews on Youtube, I kept hearing a lot of qualitative terms describing upgrades. "This bow has a much smoother draw cycle." "Longer bows/wider limbs are more forgiving." "This cam is very aggressive." "There's so much more to a bow aside from speed and weight."
While I'm in no way discrediting any of these claims (and have witnessed some of them myself), it did make me wonder:
Has anyone come across videos where people measure and quantify these properties?
I've seen some high speed videos of shots and things like that but otherwise haven't stumbled across too much on this.
Professionally, I work as an engineer and teacher (if my username didn't already give that away). So I'm thinking about spending the rest the summer creating a short Youtube series where I start with some of the physics around archery (which I know has been done before), develop a test rig, and then try to measure various things on a few different bows I've got access to.
PS: I know a lot of building a bow setup revolves around what's comfortable for the individual using it, I just want to see if I can start to put hard numbers to that (for at least myself).
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