Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20171207232020/@comment-25396609-20180121034810

Kirito Rose wrote: Phantomlink959 wrote: The arms on that thing didn't even bend; meaning it technically shouldn't have fired at all considering the power behind an arrow comes from the stored energy in the bent arms being released and transferring through the string. This isn't the case with compound bows, howwever. They just rely one pullies and spring tention, essentially.

Not true, the pulleys on a compound bow exist for one purpose; provide mechanical advantage to make it easier to draw a heavier bow, as well as increasing the stored energy. All bows operate by spring tension, with the arms acting as the spring.