Ben Pearson Bows
02-25-2003, 07:44 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: .. NH USA
Posts: 970
RE: Ben Pearson Bows
BG-
I know all about split limbs, and why they invented them. You are getting and repeating the same feedback everyone else got from the factories who utilizes them.
However--
The real reason split limbs were invented to begin with was that they could get 3 limb sides out of one blank instead of one. This turns into a 50% increase in product and production thereof,(one extra complete limb for every two blanks cut) in other words they make a boatload of extra money by doing it this way. Only Hoyt and High Country has seen fit to make their split limbs extra wide and thick enough to offset the lack of torsional rigidity that split limbs exhibit, everyone else that still uses them still runs the thinner limb sides to get three from a blank, and this is strictly done from a monetary standpoint, nothing more. Notice all TOP companies utilize solid limbs (Mathews, Merlin, PSE, Martin, Bowtech, Parker, Bowman, etc ) except for Hoyt and High Country and they have 3/4 limbs with limbsavers and connectors to hold them together much like a solid. Solid limbs, especially recurve design, will exhibit a much higher torsional stiffness (side to side movement) than normal split limbs. This is factual, and is why you see some manufacturers bolting on limbsavers and other " connectors" in an attempt to help with the lack of torsional stability associated with the split limb design. That' s it in a nutshell. Pearson/McPherson is just cutting corners to save money, much like NAAG (Bear, Jennings, Golden Eagle, etc) does also. Considering both those companies have been under reconstructions and mergers and other things in the past few years, I really cannot blame them in this case, and it was a smart business move, but unfortunately not smart from a technical standpoint IMHO. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12
I know all about split limbs, and why they invented them. You are getting and repeating the same feedback everyone else got from the factories who utilizes them.
However--
The real reason split limbs were invented to begin with was that they could get 3 limb sides out of one blank instead of one. This turns into a 50% increase in product and production thereof,(one extra complete limb for every two blanks cut) in other words they make a boatload of extra money by doing it this way. Only Hoyt and High Country has seen fit to make their split limbs extra wide and thick enough to offset the lack of torsional rigidity that split limbs exhibit, everyone else that still uses them still runs the thinner limb sides to get three from a blank, and this is strictly done from a monetary standpoint, nothing more. Notice all TOP companies utilize solid limbs (Mathews, Merlin, PSE, Martin, Bowtech, Parker, Bowman, etc ) except for Hoyt and High Country and they have 3/4 limbs with limbsavers and connectors to hold them together much like a solid. Solid limbs, especially recurve design, will exhibit a much higher torsional stiffness (side to side movement) than normal split limbs. This is factual, and is why you see some manufacturers bolting on limbsavers and other " connectors" in an attempt to help with the lack of torsional stability associated with the split limb design. That' s it in a nutshell. Pearson/McPherson is just cutting corners to save money, much like NAAG (Bear, Jennings, Golden Eagle, etc) does also. Considering both those companies have been under reconstructions and mergers and other things in the past few years, I really cannot blame them in this case, and it was a smart business move, but unfortunately not smart from a technical standpoint IMHO. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12
