Don Brown's shot in 1995?
I was looking through the flight records of the NAA and came across this quite interesting record: "Unl Prim. Complex Composite 619‐1‐7/566.50m Don Brown 10/7/1995" Does anyone here remember what type...
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Thanks Zoltan - I used to be a research chemist before that and it has helped me a lot more with the physics etc. Adam
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Brilliant stuff, Adam! A flightshooting machine sounds great Looking very much forward to hearing how this goes. Compression marks on the belly seems to be one of the main reasons that bows break from...
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These are three flight bows in the making - now bent in reflex to season. After a couple of months I will add more reflex, then leave them alone for at least a year, hopefully for 3. The ntn length...
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Adam, Beautiful sinew work. Better than any I ever did. I can see and understand one possible evolution of the Turkish Flight Bow. The elasticity and shock resistance of the materials used would have...
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Yes Dan, there are still many unanswered questions, but we will get there eventually. I tried to be as accurate as possible, for example two of the bows have the original Tatarian maple as cores and...
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My first thought also was how nice the sinew looked on these bows. They look like they are just waiting to do something spectacular. Those are beautiful bows. I like your idea of setting up the...
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Yes Alan, I have enough room unless the farmer chases me away... I think with so much variability in the levels of performance between people, one really has to use a machine for meanigful comparisons...
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Adam, What string material will you use for these bows? Linen or silk? What did the Turks use? I have good sources for linen that is stronger for it's weight compared to B50. A linen flight string for...
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I used an FF string on a 60-ish horn bow recently with no apparent problems. Fo stronger bows, I had enough failures to abandon these strings alltogether. And I used a linen string with a bow around...
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Adam, "The loops in original string were always twice as thick as the string, which may help to solve this problems. The FF strings caused breakage of the bows, usually at the nocks." You are right on...
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Adam, I have another question about the Turkish overdraws/sipurs. I was told that there was a type of sipur that was strapped to the handle of the bow. It allowed enough flexibility that the archer...
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Alan, I am sorry there is very little about shooting in the book. The device attached to the grip you talk about is of Persian origin and may indeed be easier to master than the siper. I am not sure...
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Adam, I was able to get ramie- fibres recently, my woman is a weaver, she always knows where to get great natural fibres. I´ve just begun to make my first ramie- strings. I´ve done one for a 48lbs...
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Adam, Thanks for all the information. I'm working to improve my shooting this year but I would need every aid for the unskilled that I can get my hands on. -Alan
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Michael - please tell me where ytou get your ramie threads. thanks Adam
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Adam, it is in Germany: www.Wolle-Traub.com, use their search- engine( in German SUCHEN) and look for: ramie; 100gram is about 15EURO, that sounds a lot, but ramie is very light, so 100g is a lot....
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Adam, There are US and possibly canadian suppliers of ramie raw fiber. Do a google search for "ramie top". You will need to find someone who can spin it for you (or try it yourself) and who is...
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