General topics

  • Tools
    • metric and imperial allen key comparison
    • heating arrow points
  • Methods
    • audio recording
    • chronograph
      • magnetic chronograph building
      • types of chronograph technology
      • software
    • spine testing
    • high speed video
      • lighting
      • camera choice
      • camera settings
      • camera protection
      • camera angles
      • video processing
    • data analysis
      • Student’s T test and significance
      • adding standard deviations
      • not fooling oneself
  • The outdoors
    • Rain
      • How many raindrops does an arrow hit?
      • wet bowstrings
      • wet finger tabs
      • wet pressure button lubrication
      • wet archers
    • Wind
      • how much it moves the fletched and bare arrow
      • effect on the archer and bow
  • Historical scores and equipment
    • progression of world records and olympic scores
    • timeline of equipment inventionsCarbon risers
    • pressure button and clicker
    • progression of national amateur competition scores
  • How bows fail
    • cracked risers (mostly historical) and metal casting improvements
    • broken arrows
      • hard object
      • rubbery object
    • limb delamination
    • bolt fatigue
    • historical kevlar string failure
  • Environmental impact of target archery
    • total carbon footprint of participation
    • recyclability of materials