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Description
Limbs | DRAKE Volta - ILF - 16-40 lbs
The perfect limbs for beginners! The combination of matt black fibreglass laminate with a core of light maple and reddish brown Makore wood gives the limbs an unbelievable high quality and elegance. In addition, the DRAKE Volta ILF limbs naturally offer everything you need for a successful launch: good stability, excellent performance and a wide range of draw weights and bow lengths.
The "ILF" in the name of the DRAKE Volta limbs stands for the International Limb Fitting System - in short: ILF system - which identifies them as plug-in limbs and makes them universal. With the ILF system, the limbs are not screwed onto the riser, but simply inserted into the corresponding holders. The holders are standardised and ensure that the limbs can be used with all ILF risers.
Technical data:
Length: Short, Medium or Long
Bow length (with 25 inch riser): 66, 68 or 70 inch
Draw weight: 16-40 lbs
Material (limbs): Maple and Makore in the core, fibreglass laminate
Material (tips): Makore, Bakelite
FastFlight suitable: yes
Colour: black, brown with matt finish
Scope of delivery:
1 pair
Characteristics
Notes on draw weight & bow length
Limb labelling
The limbs of a bow are always labelled with an inscription that not only indicates the draw weight of the limbs, but also the length of the riser or the bow length to which the draw weight refers. This labelling can look like this, for example:
25 lbs @ 19 inches or
19H 25 lbs 62 inches or
25 lbs @ 62 inches or also
62 inches / 25 lbs
If no length of the riser is specified, a 25 inch riser is usually the basis for the draw weight specification. In the case of special bows where the limbs are only suitable for the respective riser, the draw weight is of course based on the corresponding riser.
Many limbs are also available in three different lengths - usually called short, medium and long - with which the bow lengths 66, 68 and 70 inches can be achieved despite the same riser.
Converting the draw weight and bow length
Many limbs have universal mounting options that allow them to be used at least on different risers from one manufacturer or even across manufacturers. However, it is important to note that the use of a shorter or longer riser will result in a change in bow length and draw weight.
As a rule of thumb, you can remember the following:
-2 inch riser length = -2 inch bow length & +2 lbs draw weight
or
+2 inch riser length = +2 inch bow length & -2 lbs draw weight
I.e.: If the riser is 2 inches shorter than the length to which the draw weight specification on the limbs refers, the bow is 2 inches shorter and the specified draw weight increases by 2 lbs.
Example table for limbs with the draw weight specification for a 25 inch riser (e.g. 20 lbs @ 25 inches) and a bow length of 68 inches. The table is incomplete and can be continued as required depending on the centre section length.
