Speed is important to me...and speed isnt important to me at the same time...lemme explain....I won't shoot a bow hunting or target shooting that's average or below average cast for its specs(basically anything below 150 fps with 10 gpp arrow)...that's because I am much more accurate with a bow that casts a much flatter arrow,and I get way better penetration...also if I build and design a bow that's well above the average I can make a 45 pound bow shoot like an average 55-60 pound bow,and we all know that a 45 pound bow in general is going to be the easier and more accurate bow to shoot for majority of folks....the chrono for me was just a tool for me to build more efficient bows...and I've tested and shot enough tbru a chrono that I can def tell a difference between a 130 fps bow and a 180 fps bow even at ten yards away and I have to disagree with pat about that...
Now I also dont care about speed to the point of just trying to make the fastest bow ever made on the planet...I've made quite a bit of pretty fast bows, but some of them I'm not super accurate with,and for me its all about balance and give n takes...the speed is only one of several things that need to come together all at once to be a great shooting bow...which is a bow that has nice early draw weight when you start pulling it,and then that draw has to be smooth all the way to anchor without the slightest hint of any stack(I hate stack with a passion),and I believe a stack less bow also helps in speed AND accuracy,then upon release the bow should be so quiet and smooth it shouldn't need silencers,and the arrow needs to come out of the bow with authority and a flat trajectory ...if a bow is excellent in all those mechanics it will be a lil easier to fight our human errors and tendencies in striving for accurate shooting...so speed is only one part of the BIG equation and not the means to an end,which is consistent accuracy...that's what a bow made and designed should strive for
