I learned something this morning.

Ricci.Wright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7zewtuUM_0

The Archer's Paradox in SLOW MOTION 

hillbille

maybe I missed it but I never saw how it works, elastic??

Cling2myguns

Very cool!

Nanuq907

hillbille said:

maybe I missed it but I never saw how it works, elastic??

It's called standing wave resonance.  The middle of the arrow goes back and forth, wiggling along its path kinda like a fish swimming in water motion.  You know in jumprope how two people hold the ends of the rope and the middle goes around and around in a big arc?  The endpoints (people) are stationary.  That's what the archer relies on, his arrow's "stationary" endpoints as it moves along its path, with the flexing arrow behind it.  That endpoint is what gets aimed at the target.

hillbille

Nanuq907 said:

hillbille said:

maybe I missed it but I never saw how it works, elastic??

It's called standing wave resonance.  The middle of the arrow goes back and forth, wiggling along its path kinda like a fish swimming in water motion.  You know in jumprope how two people hold the ends of the rope and the middle goes around and around in a big arc?  The endpoints (people) are stationary.  That's what the archer relies on, his arrow's "stationary" endpoints as it moves along its path, with the flexing arrow behind it.  That endpoint is what gets aimed at the target.

video I watched was some guy selling belt buckles........

Nanuq907

Sorry, my background tends to push me over the edge once in awhile and I go off all science-ey    

bustedknee

I have always said bows are shot backwards. 

Turn 'em around and use the string to pull the arrowhead rather than push the nock.