A compound bow is a modern bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow. This limb stiffness makes the compound bow more energy-efficient than other bows, in conjunction with the pulley/cams. The compound bow has its string app...
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(from the article `archery`) A more recent innovation is the compound bow, which uses a system of cables and pulleys to make the bow easier to draw. Compound bows have achieved ...
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A modern type bow which is using a set of cords and pulleys for gaining leverage. This type would decrease the holding draw weights.
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A bow that uses a cable system and eccentric wheels/cams mounted at the limb tips, when drawn produces peak weight at mid draw and let off to 50/65% of peak weight at full draw.
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A hand-drawn, hand-held bow that for similar poundage at full draw, stores more energy than a recurve bow through the use of two cables and two eccentric wheels.
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Bow with eccentric pulleys and cables allowing high bow weights, but low weight at full-draw.
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