s writes:


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the physics involved look something like this:
your compound bow is human powered. you can never put into it more
than about 1/3HP. it stores a bit and releases it progressively, but I

Power does not come into this calculation, but force.
(Power as in energy per time, energy as in force times path length)
Also momentum (mass times speed) is an issue.

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