ARCH - Interesting
g_r.cathan at att.net
g_r.cathan at att.net
Tue Feb 6 15:36:12 PST 2001
Did these guy's write the program for the Mars orbiter?
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> NOTICE is says 30 FOOT pounds. That is way different than simple pounds.
> Since 28" is 2.33 feet that means that According to the Complete
> Participants Handbook using this statement and the also included definition
> of "draw" the maximum draw weight for a bow is Ansteorra as traditionally
> measured by modern and AMO standards will be 12.86 pounds.
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> It seems clear that whoever wrote this was mixing Crossbow and Handbow
> standards without success. The draw length for a crossbow is measured from
> the string at rest (not the bow/prod) to the nut (they call this the
> power-stroke of the bow) and the maximum draw weight for crossbows is
> expressed in Inch-pounds.
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> What is more strange is that I know that there are many marshals out there,
> myself included, who have read these rules a number of times. Why have we
> not noticed these mistakes before? I guess when you are an experienced
> marshal and you read these it is easy to read what you know rather than what
> is actually there.
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> Regards.
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> Eadric
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