Seriously how can you not see that if a hornbow is made close to it's limits (like every bow should be to get decent performance) wood simply cannot do the same thing.....it's just basic physics
All the longer hornbows are meant to be drawn to 34 - 35 inches......
Do I really have to show you pictures of my hornbows at full draw and then lay down a challenge for somebody to make a dimensionally correct bow wooden that looks the same at full draw.....I KNOW it can't be done
Shall I also post results of how my hornbows perform....then you can judge wether they are dismal performers or not.....
The performance of a bow is down to the maker and not just the materials.....
Like I said of course it's possible to make a good wooden bow that would fool the untrained eye but not the trained eye.
Have fun making short wood bows. Then when you find the limits of wood alone try horn/wood/sinew and you'll find the limits are a lot further away
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The trouble with your analysis is that there is no "dimensionally correct" rule. Horn bows come in every shape, length and size. There is little evidence that the long bows were all meant to be drawn that far. The found arrows tell us otherwise.
I merely pointed out the style of hornbow shape that was possible for someone to make cheaply and falling under the non-glass rule.
I'm not sure why you don't understand what 98% means. ;
