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Flex in Free Flight

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Nicola Turner

James Park begins a series of articles analysing the flex of an arrow in free flight During the power stroke of a bow the arrow is subjected to very severe forces – the acceleration is around 1000g. Consequently, it is…

Tagged with: arrow flex, clearance, James Park, vibration
Posted in Technique

Arrow Advice

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Nicola Turner

Struggling with getting wide-diameter arrows to shoot well? Liam Grimwood looks at what you can try In the last few years there have been some big developments in indoor compound shafts. It is widely accepted that to give yourself the…

Tagged with: aluminium, arrow wraps, arrows, carbon, clearance, feathers, fletchings, indoors, liam grimwood, point weight, stiffness, straightness, tips, tolerance, wide diameter
Posted in Equipment

Ask The Experts

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Nicola Turner

Q: I’m getting used to my new recurve after finishing a beginners course a few months back, but I’m noticing I’m getting a lot of string contact with my arm guard. It’s not hitting my arm, so it’s not painful, but…

Tagged with: arm guard, bracing height, clearance, contact, elbow position, grip, naomi folkard, rotation, string, torque
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New launches from Carbon Express

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Nicola Turner

Carbon Express has launched two brand new arrow shafts to the market. The Nano SST is a recurve target arrow that has three spine areas with a stiff mid-section and a weaker spine at the back end, designed to allow…

Tagged with: arrows, carbon express, clearance, multi-spine, Nano SST, Nano-Pro X-Treme, new, recurve
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