Recent flight shots by our members

Pat Menzies · Post by **Pat Menzies** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:40 pm

We've seen a number of very nice bows on here in the last few years and it would be interesting to see some flight results.
If you've made a bow and tested it out, post your best distance and the type of arrow used.

Pat Menzies · Post by **Pat Menzies** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:04 pm

Not a single one? That's depressing.

lukasznawalny · Post by **lukasznawalny** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:04 am

I shoot with scythian 43 lb 270 yards. Turkish long flight arrow 16 gram 28 ". But I dont think is "flight" results

Pat Menzies · Post by **Pat Menzies** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:08 pm

Thanks Lukasz, for being that one guy.

That's a pretty good result. Was that from your composite or just your wood sinew bow?

lukasznawalny · Post by **lukasznawalny** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:48 pm

full composite with horn

Pat Menzies · Post by **Pat Menzies** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:24 pm

How does that compare to your wood/sinew bows of similar design?

jack farrell · Post by **jack farrell** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:45 pm

Lukas; Please show a good pic of that Scythian bow.

lukasznawalny · Post by **lukasznawalny** » Thu May 29, 2014 3:59 pm

first polish flight tournament, 70 lb limit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1 ... l=68117322

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Thu May 29, 2014 11:51 pm

That is a well produced video and should be very useful for the archers to study their style. What impressed me was most archers had very good draws and they would support them moving onto even heavier bows.

What I noticed in the shooting that could be easily improved was that most archers were not getting to a sufficient elevation and that only a few were drawing and shooting fast enough. Elevation can be improved by having some practice with an observer with some method of gauging the angle. Mathematically the best angle in good conditions is about 42 degrees. A person standing nearby can gauge that with a set square with two 45 degree corners. Relying on your own guess at the angle often results at a much lower angle. You can see this in the video. Speed of shooting is critical because in natural material bows performance suffers the longer the bow is held at full draw. In modern flight bows with high tech components it is important too because a good flight bow is almost at the limit of its strength at full draw and a little extra stress can break it. One means a slower arrow and the other means a broken bow.

Having made those comments, I thought the archers were shooting well and the form of both the three finger shooters and the thumb ring shooters was excellent, much better than you would see in a regular archery club.

Having had arrows break in shooting, I sympathise with the feelings of the archer whose arrow exploded. It happened to me the other day while target shooting; an arrow broke in half 15 metres away from me. It seemed like a normal flight until it turned sideways and snapped in two or vice versa. Accidents with arrows are much more common in flight shooting than target archery since they are much more highly stressed. They are also more informative because you can learn from what went wrong and built better arrows or improve you shooting technique.

lukasznawalny · Post by **lukasznawalny** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:54 am

It was first flight meeting in Poland, we dont have big experience but I think 2 results was interesting - 327 m - Daniel Bochra ( Danny from Atarn) in tradintional bows - traditional shape, modern materials. And 239 m by Olga with only 32 lb turkish hornbow and linen bowstring. In next year we want make draw weight classes.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Sat May 31, 2014 2:17 am

I think you are on the right track. I am sure that each year you will see improvements. The skill level is high enough that you should see consistent results and recognisable differences, when using bows of different efficiencies. This is an accomplishment worth celebrating.

fusizoli · Post by **fusizoli** » Sat May 31, 2014 4:18 pm

Congrats guys!
Like your film ;)

Kviljo · Post by **Kviljo** » Sat May 31, 2014 6:10 pm

Enjoyable video

- and I am quite impressed with the 239 meters from such a low weight bow. That's a good shot!

traianj · Post by **traianj** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:38 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6iOvE66oS4
approximate measurement