The ILF Recurve Bow: Analysis, diagnosis and optimization Paperback – August 10, 2023

This book is aimed at archers that want a deeper understanding of their ILF recurve bow and want to optimize it as a sporting tool. Anyone can shoot an ILF bow and perform well, but many issues could hinder optimum performance. You will not find any magical solutions in this book, but we will try to provide tools to objectively analyze your equipment and some ways to put in numbers those feelings that the archer notices but has no way to quantify.This book will delve into the different aspects of how ILF bows perform, their adjustments, and their optimization. Through reading it, archers will get to know their bow, how it works, and/or how to set it up to achieve the best performance they can.Assembly and proper setting up of your ILF bow, as well as solving problems, are analyzed. Theoretical fundamentals of bow mechanics like smoothness, stacking, stored energy, bow efficiency, and speed, are explained too.The practical side of setting a bow like aligning it, basic analysis, draw force curves, interpreting the data, smoothness at anchor, stacking problems, stored energy, bow efficiency, and speed. How to draw the draw force curves, how to interpret the data… etc.. Various tests are described. Tests can be carried out with basic and inexpensive tools.The book includes a spreadsheet that you can download from the link provided. The first tab of this spreadsheet does a basic analysis of the last part of the draw cycle, while the second tab analyzes the complete draw cycle in depth.With this spreadsheet and the information in this book, you will be able to get the most out of your bow. Read more