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Old 04-14-2012, 11:33 PM   #16
DouglasCole
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Default Re: Why short bow instead of long bow?

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran View Post
You couldn't just wrap a bottomless cup shape around the handle part to hold if too thick?
Either way, if the spreadsheet covers it then I got it. Does any of what you said require adjusting of the sheet's output?

While I have you here, I notice that the sheet put's pi instead of pi+ even though the arrow shaft is greater than the required 0.4" thickness from the article on target/flight arrows.
Point. I didn't put that into the sheet, so you'll have to keep it in mind for yourself.

Nothing I said before requires adjusting the sheet's output, although if you had an 8" non-working handle on (say) an 80" bow, you'd need to change the working percentage to 90%.
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