Archery Bows
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While there is great variety in the construction details of bows (both historic and modern) all bows consist of a string attached to elastic limbs that store mechanical energy imparted by the user drawing the string. Bows may be broadly split into those drawn by pulling the string directly and those that use a mechanism to pull the string.
While there is great variety in the construction details of bows (both historic and modern) all bows consist of a string attached to elastic limbs that store mechanical energy imparted by the user drawing the string. Bows may be broadly split into those drawn by pulling the string directly and those that use a mechanism to pull the string.
Directly drawn bows may be further divided based upon differences in limb construction. Bows with relatively straight limbs include the Longbow, a tall bow with narrow limbs that are D-shaped in cross section, and the flatbow, with flat wide limbs that are approximately rectangular in cross-section.
Bows with curved limbs can be classified based upon the bow shape resulting from this curvature, Hence the Recurve Bow.
A Compound Bow is a simply drawn bow designed to reduce the force required to hold the string taut. Most compound designs use cams or eccentric wheels on the ends of the limbs. The cams on a compound bow are engineered in such a way that the archer can hold twice as much draw weight for an extended period of time.
Mechanically drawn bows typically have a stock or other mounting, such as the Crossbow. They are not limited by the strength of a single archer.
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