| our first main point it that our first main carbon based limb was the talisman golds... this limb has been out in the hands of some avid archers. Thousands of shots.
carbon has a similar fatigue life to glass, if used within its design properties. Not sure why carbon limbs are viewed short life items. They are new and being tested to there limits. How much can it do?
The Aerospace industry has tested these materials to death, and come up with some relability stats. If its relable enough to trust life and limb in a plane, why not a bow.
My issue is, archery used to be, you could have stability or speed. Why just the two, now you can have both. Why does change be seen as a bad thing?
Carbon is a lot lighter than glass, but not all carbon is the same, there are many grades and many different applications. There is a 70% improvement in stability by the correct application of the same materials.
We are confident enough that we have been making 100% carbon powered flatbows, and 100%carbon powered recurve limbs for over a year now. If we didnt think that carbon could take it, then we have made a huge mistake. Our company is 80% carbon based. Alot of eggs in one basket?
You need to talk to someone with a new pair of hex5 ILF limbs. We are getting quotes of 20-25mm improvements in sight marks over long distances.
Gaining stored energy and loosing it in a heavy limb is a waste. We have one of the lightest mass limbs, storing the most energy in the archery industry, with some of the stiffest left/right deflection measurmants on the market. Thats available for the ILF or Black douglas field bow. Two of these measurements are due to carbon, and the other is a by-product of the application of carbon allowing the design to take advantage.
We are waiting on staff stability and return to normailty with our production schedule and then we will start the development of the hex6. So how long do you want your limbs to last? Nice to see Perris saying his border limbs on his Whiteheart are still up there with the competition limbs even though they are 15 years old... But they are not up there with the likes of our TXB...
Carbon limbs have been on the market for 10 years, All top companies are stakeing their futures on carbon. As well as the arrow industry, fishing rods too. The problem with it is, its a pig to work. You have to stay in its design limits. Its expensive to work, its expensive to buy. And its vital to any bow company to master its use, as it has phenominal returns.
The hex4 limb is 3/4's carbon powered. Now with the cxc lamiate it is 100%
Hope this shows our thoughts to this topic.  |