Fast Flight string questions
Besides being stronger with less stretch, what are the other advantages?
If not needed for strength, why would you build a 14 to 20 strand ff string?
Of the material available which ff string material has proven to be the quietest and most reliable?
I use B50 on "most" of my older bows and ff on the newer models. I have and do use D97 with padded loops on some of my older recurves.
Some queations about fast flight string
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Re: Some queations about fast flight string
Using less material (due to being stronger) makes for a smaller diameter string, which increases bow/arrow speed slightly---if someone was trying to tweak every bit of speed from their bow...
I'm using the 450+...........VERY little stretch, least amount i've seen based on strings I've made from B-50, D-97, and this stuff. My new string only needed 2-3 adjsutments to maintain brace-height and I know I'm not the best string-maker around!
I'm using the 450+...........VERY little stretch, least amount i've seen based on strings I've made from B-50, D-97, and this stuff. My new string only needed 2-3 adjsutments to maintain brace-height and I know I'm not the best string-maker around!
Re: Some queations about fast flight string
I have used a variety of FF type materials over the past 4 years to make 4,6 and 8 strand strings. Some worked and others not so well. D97 normally a great 12 strand material had way too much creep for me. 450+ worked well, some strings I made myself and now I am settled on D10 6 strand strings from SBD. My son and I both shoot 50-53# bows.
The advantages I have seen is a quieter bow with a small speed increase, the downside is more frequent replacements due to a lower margin for wear. We keep our bows strung except for maintenance and travel, and we shoot pretty much every day. We replace strings probably 2 times a year.
Is it a big advantage to use 6 strands rather than 12? On a couple of bows the results have been pretty dramatic with a reduction in noise that is unmatched with any other tuning methods.
The advantages I have seen is a quieter bow with a small speed increase, the downside is more frequent replacements due to a lower margin for wear. We keep our bows strung except for maintenance and travel, and we shoot pretty much every day. We replace strings probably 2 times a year.
Is it a big advantage to use 6 strands rather than 12? On a couple of bows the results have been pretty dramatic with a reduction in noise that is unmatched with any other tuning methods.
Re: Some queations about fast flight string
I appreciate the responses.
Bjorn, are the SBD strings you are using padded in the loops?
Bjorn, are the SBD strings you are using padded in the loops?
Re: Some queations about fast flight string
The loops and the splice are padded to 16 strands. Really well made string. I have been using 6 strand but I will likely move up to 8 strand for the next batch it is still pretty skinny.
Re: Some queations about fast flight string
Being a new guy, do any of you have suggestions for me for books/reading material for "how to" build bow strings? I have shot traditional for several years; not very well mind you, but I enjoy it much more than I ever did shooting compound. I shot compound for many years before switching to traditional and will never go back. I live in an area that is a shooters paradise....but there is not many bow shooters here.
Matt
Matt