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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 4922141" data-attributes="member: 1879">There's more to it than pull weights. The higher at rest string tension and more favorable acceleration curve allowed by the geometry of the recurve bow allows it to transfer more energy to an arrow even with identical draw weights and lengths. It's worth noting however that from what I understand of the glues used a mongol horsebow would have delaminated if exposed to the constant english humidity, and a english yew bow would have dried out and cracked in the mongols roaming grounds. Archers do what they can with the materials available to them. Sorry mate but rudeness aside, if you knew the bits of physics anybody should leave high school with you wouldn't have passed it along, you would have mocked the original poster for his ignorance.And you're right, I did misinterpret what you meant. Yes, the arrow is at maximum energy as it leaves the string so optimal energy is with the arrow tip at arrow length - resting string to bow gap inches past the bow. So with a typical 37" clothyard shaft fired from a longbow with a 7" brace height optimal energy is indeed achieved at 30" past the archers outstreched arm. That said you won't catch me volunteering to get shot by a longbowman even if I was an inch away from his fingertips. Those points are sharp and arrows accelerate very quickly.</blockquote>