got a new CheckMate Thunderbird
04-05-2004, 10:18 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: southwest Ohio
Posts: 1,047
RE: got a new CheckMate Thunderbird
Keith,
It's 62" - 54# @ 28"
I was impressed with how smooth it shoots. No noticable hand shock. Chad furnished a ff type string (not actual ff, but one of the low stretch fibers) and it's a little noisey without any silencers on it, but I find that to be the norm for that type string material. I thought of making a B-50 dacron string for it, but I like the speed it gets now. Haven't chronyed it yet, but when summer gets here and I have time to play.....................
It's 62" - 54# @ 28"
I was impressed with how smooth it shoots. No noticable hand shock. Chad furnished a ff type string (not actual ff, but one of the low stretch fibers) and it's a little noisey without any silencers on it, but I find that to be the norm for that type string material. I thought of making a B-50 dacron string for it, but I like the speed it gets now. Haven't chronyed it yet, but when summer gets here and I have time to play.....................
04-06-2004, 10:06 AM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Posts: 15,296
RE: got a new CheckMate Thunderbird
Pretty sure you got a Dynaflight '97 string, 14 or 15 strands. It's not built for ultimate speed (you could go with a lot fewer strands and a shorter serving), but I never cared much for the piano wire strings, and usually the speed gain is minimal. I like the durability and lack of stretch/creep with them, along with reduced shock more than the speed increase.
Chad
Chad
04-06-2004, 10:16 AM
#13
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 87
RE: got a new CheckMate Thunderbird
Wabi, thanks.
When I got my Vision it had fast flite on it. I ordered a continuos in B50 and rolled a Flemish in B50. First couple of days with the B50 on the bow i wanted to scream. But after a bit I tuned in and I don't think I will go back to the Fast Flite. Still haven't made up my mind about Flemish versus Continuos.
=keith=
When I got my Vision it had fast flite on it. I ordered a continuos in B50 and rolled a Flemish in B50. First couple of days with the B50 on the bow i wanted to scream. But after a bit I tuned in and I don't think I will go back to the Fast Flite. Still haven't made up my mind about Flemish versus Continuos.
=keith=
