A curse?.. please elaborate BT, inquiring minds want to know!.........tomorrow I'll try my old stalkmaster, if it's even slightly better ,the WB is history.
I went over this with Hopesman a couple of months ago in a PM and because it is a discussion that cannot be proved without high speed film and thousands of hours of tape...there is a need to be able to envision how the rest works.
When I start talking about subjects in this manner it generally brings forth a tide of decent because most folks just cant see what I am trying to elaborate on
I have to chalk it up to the fact that I dont express myself all that well.But....I will throw this out here and then run for cover
We all know that fletch contact will disrupt tune.
(and that is why the drop away rest is the superior style of rest)
But...few things have absolutes.
The originator of the biscuit knew that.
Rather than try to control so many variables , he simply engineered them all into the design.
By incurring every negative known to effect arrow flight....the errors were eliminated because they now were controlled as a constant.
SEEMINGLY In truth , although nearly perfect in design , there are ghosts in the machine that most people dont think of or consider because they dont sit and consider what happens to both the arrow and rest when in use.
I recently found a high speed video on utube that shows just what I had related to hopesman , so I'll ask you to watch it now , before continuing on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwTizMtvKwI&feature=related This happens when the arrow humps on the release.
In the video , the archers paradox moves to the 12:00 position rather than at 9:00 as would be seen with the right handed finger shooter. (for example)
On a side note....The reason that some lesser quality shops (most) have started promoting the stiffer shafts as easier to tune is because they can control the paradox more easily in this manner and therefore get good results with an imperfect tune.
With the biscuit , the paradox can find the weak point , depending on the degree of hump inflicted within the rests bristles.
The reason that there are 4 different size biscuits is because there are 4 different size shafts .... basically.
Since the biscuit is an entrapment rest , the principle of entrapment cannot be simply dismissed
As soon as we add a variable , the house of cards falls
When shooting in an ever increasing void , we allow the paradox to gain momentum and witness the result in the above clip
To further complicate this situation , increase the void area and you increase the momentum on impact between the bristles and shaft and the shaft will win the battle of push comes to shove
The only reason the biscuit isn't design to firmly grasp the arrow is because of the following...
#1: It would make alto of noise on the draw.
#2: It could dislodge a nock should the nock be loose fitting
#3: There has to be an absolute weak area for the arrow to gravitate toward when it is in paradox.
Now.....will this happen every time?.....no.
Will it happen at times....yes.
It is going to be a variable because if you increase the void you only increase opportunity as a percentage toward failure , having added a variable.
O.K. ..... does this explain?