Slaved cams
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newtonville, Ontario, Canada
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Slaved cams
Can any of you techies tell me the difference between the cam and a half system and the binary cam systems? Hoyt's catalogue states that their cam and a half cams are slaved together via a cable. Are all cam and a half systems the same?
#3
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Slaved cams
After seeing the pictures of the cable arrangements I see that the binary cam anchors to the other cam and the cam and a half is anchored onto the the cam axle. Are there any other diffences? Or is it a marketing ploy for us to buy equipment?
Sorry for the idiot questions.
Sorry for the idiot questions.
#4
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Iowa
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RE: Slaved cams
To my knowledge with the 2 cam bows the cams can come out of sync or out of alignment, where as the 1 and a half cam bows they can't because they are slaved together. I've never shot a 2 cam bow but i love my hoyt with its cam and a half.
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern PA USA
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RE: Slaved cams
I guess you could call it a marketing ploy in that both systems are trying to offer something unique to sell, but there are very real differences between the two systems. The cam.5 and other hybrids have one power cable from the bottom cam to the upper axle. The other (control) cable keeps the upper cam (idler) in synch with the lower cam. On the Darton CPS style cam system, the upper "wheel" is also slightly bigger than the lower one to assure level nock travel.
The binary system has two cam tracks, the upper and lower cams are the same (other than being top and bottom) except the top cam has the limb stop on it. Neither cam track is tied directly to the opposite axle, but to the opposite cam. In the hybrids, the top "wheel" is slaved to the bottom one. With the binary system, bot cams are slaved to the other cam.
The binary system has two cam tracks, the upper and lower cams are the same (other than being top and bottom) except the top cam has the limb stop on it. Neither cam track is tied directly to the opposite axle, but to the opposite cam. In the hybrids, the top "wheel" is slaved to the bottom one. With the binary system, bot cams are slaved to the other cam.