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  2. Compound bow - Wikipedia

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    Compound bows are typically constructed of man-made materials such as fiberglass and carbon fiber, while traditional bows and warbows usually are entirely or partially made of wood or bamboo. The pulley/cam system grants the user a mechanical advantage , and so the limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow .

  3. Composite bow - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of a Ming dynasty Kaiyuan horn, bamboo, and sinew composite bow by Chinese bowyer Gao Xiang A Korean master archer using a modern Korean composite bow. A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, a form of laminated bow.

  4. Archery - Wikipedia

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    In western archery, the arrow is usually released from the left hand side of the bow for a right-handed archer. Modern (takedown) recurve bow. Compound bows are designed to reduce the force required to hold the string at full draw, hence allowing the archer more time to aim with less muscular stress. Most compound designs use cams or elliptical ...

  5. Binary cam - Wikipedia

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    The binary cam is a design for the pulley system of a compound bow.Craig Yehle, director of research and development at Bowtech Archery, received a patent [1] for the design on December 11, 2007.

  6. Bow shape - Wikipedia

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    In archery, the shape of the bow is usually taken to be the view from the side. It is the product of the complex relationship of material stresses, designed by a bowyer. This shape, viewing the limbs, is designed to take into account the construction materials, the performance required, and the intended use of the bow.

  7. Mongol bow - Wikipedia

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    The bows that were used during the rule of Genghis Khan were smaller than the modern Manchu-derived weapons used at most Naadam.Paintings as well as at least one surviving example of a 13th-century Mongol bow from Tsagaan-Khad demonstrate that the medieval Mongolian bows had smaller siyahs and much less prominent leather string bridges.

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