I’ve spent about 2 hours watching videos on YouTube to understand how bows work but I’m getting more videos that are pitched at comparisons between different modern bows or how to shoot videos.
What I don’t understand is how a compound bow or springed bow is able to make a small person shoot at higher power. In my physics mind, I understand that cams and springs provide leverage. But the force applied to build potential energy is the same direction as the arrow being fired, so how does the arrow have more power?
if I’m using a seesaw analogy, I’m charging potential energy with the end of the seesaw, when I jump off, the far end of the seesaw still has the same distance to the fulcrum
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I think that the compound bow makes use of the leverage your arm produces at various points. Your arm has less leverage the more it’s extended, but gets more leverage as it bends and flexs. So the compound bow makes it easier to pull when your arm is more extended, and shifts the tougher pull to when your arm is more flexed.
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