Sep 8 2012, 06:34 PM
QUOTE(timetravelller @ Jul 30 2012, 03:47 PM)
the olympic games i watch lately, i see the arrow is not shoot horizontally. is shooting upward 1 then gravity force bring it down.. like that need to base on feeling 1?
QUOTE(Masculine @ Jul 30 2012, 06:56 PM)
first of all, i'm just started shooting a month ago. So take my comment with a pinch of salt...
i believe in the olympic they using a recurve bow shooting a target 70m away. I think (i say here, i think) recurve arrow speed is slower compared to arrow coming out of compound bow. Therefore, olympians have to aim higher to reach the distance.
I shoot compound bow. According to the bow specification, my arrow speed is somewhere 270~300km/h. When I shoot target 50m away and there is very little drop. Almost a straight line. I can hear the thump sound of the arrow hitting the target almost immediately.
For the olympics, i dont tthink the athlete shoot base on feeling. They got the bow sight and make adjustment accordingly....
just my 2 cents.... saya budak baru belajar...
Basically what Masculine said is correct since the limbs' poundage for compound bows are much higher than recurve bows. Olympic recurve men archers on average use 42lbs limbs whereas women use 38lbs.i believe in the olympic they using a recurve bow shooting a target 70m away. I think (i say here, i think) recurve arrow speed is slower compared to arrow coming out of compound bow. Therefore, olympians have to aim higher to reach the distance.
I shoot compound bow. According to the bow specification, my arrow speed is somewhere 270~300km/h. When I shoot target 50m away and there is very little drop. Almost a straight line. I can hear the thump sound of the arrow hitting the target almost immediately.
For the olympics, i dont tthink the athlete shoot base on feeling. They got the bow sight and make adjustment accordingly....
just my 2 cents.... saya budak baru belajar...
On the other hand limbs for compound bow are of at least 50lbs.. It is tougher to draw at first but after drawing a certain length, the complex mechanism involving the wheels lets you feel like you are drawing on a 20lbs recurve limb (I'm not exactly sure since I'm a recurve archer, just heard this from my captain).
Hence the limbs store a lot of energy due to the high poundage and so the arrows can fly much faster and less elevation is needed to compensate for the drop, as opposed to recurve bows.
And you don't do sighting using feeling.. that is achieved through practice so that you can know where to shift your sights when you are shooting a particular range.
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