Question on Brace Height and FPS
04-02-2007, 10:59 AM
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Question on Brace Height and FPS
This is just a "theoretical" question. I still haven't even bought a trad bow yet. (Hopefully this will be the summer!)
Anyways, here it is:
If you increase the brace height you will ever so slightly increase the poundage...but you also shorten the length and the time that the string pushes on the arrow. So, does raising the brace height have a possitive or negative affect on arrow velocity? I do realize that other considerations are the focus when trying to find the proper B.H.
Anyways, here it is:
If you increase the brace height you will ever so slightly increase the poundage...but you also shorten the length and the time that the string pushes on the arrow. So, does raising the brace height have a possitive or negative affect on arrow velocity? I do realize that other considerations are the focus when trying to find the proper B.H.
04-02-2007, 12:09 PM
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RE: Question on Brace Height and FPS
Pretty sure the increased cast (lower brace = increased cast) trumps the tiny bit of poundage you will get. That's why x-bows come so heavy in draw weight--they have such a short power stroke.
Chad
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