Single & Double Cams

And paper check at multiple distances. I use 3' 6' and 9'

 

Don't want to hurt anyones feeling, but respectfully.............there is a lot of bad information here.

To start, BowTech's flagship binary cam bows have had dual yokes for 5 years now (since the Destroyer 340/350) and they are very easily yoke tuned. In my opinion they are easily the most tunable bows on the market today, you have more control to eliminate vertical and horizontal nock travel as well as draw cycle induced torque than anything I've seen so far in the industry.

Having the ability to yoke tune is a very good thing. If lean occurs you can fix it when you have static yokes on both ends. If you don't have yokes, or if you have floating yokes, you can't control both ends of the bow and that can show up as horizontal nock travel. Your only option then is to hope the manufacturer will warranty the cam bearing/bushing or the entire assembly if you want to fix the lean.

 

Appreciate all of the input fellas...A lot of info here. I thought this was going to be a simple answer but i'm just now realizing the complexities of the subject...I'm a little embarrased to admit I don't have any idea what a yoke is? yoke tuning? cam lean? nock travel? cam bearing/bushing? center shot?

tfox....you weren't joking when you said there's alot more to it...Any one have a pictures that represent all of these things...i'm a picture kinda guy. I learn better looking at something than reading about it.

help a rookie out.

 

I was not looking for an Ego Boost, Tfox said he that he hates single cam bow's I was simply pointing out that I do not (note the single cam bow in the picture).

You are right probably not the right way to do it, I was just trying to add a little humor to the discussion.

My apologies for crapping on your thread.

 

Rick, you are correct that the newer bowtech bows have yokes and that is why I stated I was just listing basics and there is alot more to it.

Some claim the bowtech isn't even a true binary and more closely resembles a hybrid. I could care less which it is technically speaking as long as it tunes easily which the yokes do allow for.

 

I did some Google searching to find some diagrams and pics

Single cam

 

2 cam

 

Hybrid

 

Binary

 

Overdrive binary. Utilizes split yokes.

Read up about them

http://www.bowtecharchery.com/m/#pages/technologyBreakdown.php?i=8

 

Awesome posts TFOX!

Thank's for taking the time out to research the pics for us. I hope this serves anyone that's wondered this before.

I got to say even looking at the pics I still can't tell the difference between dual, hybrid, and binary.

I did read up on overdrive binary & they seem pretty awesome from a tuning perspective. Is your bow an overdrive binary?

 

I prefer a hybrid. Therefore I shoot Hoyt.

 

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Top Cam^^^^^


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Bottom Cam ^^^^



^^^^ My bow


So am I using a double cam?

 

I can only see the last pic but it appears to be a 2 cam

 

Top cam ^^^



Bottom Cam.


Can you see them now?

 

Yes, that is a 2 cam

 

I thought so. Any thing you could tell me about it?

 

2 cams have a multitude of adjustment. You can adjust cam lean out of the top and bottom cams. Creep tune as well but when you adjust one thing, it moves another so for that reason, I think they are a little harder to tune than a hybrid.

 

The biggest thing I have learned with cams; single, dual, hybrid, binary,etc.,is tuning them is not hard. The biggest difference between a single cam and dual cams is keeping them tuned. There is a little more leeway for single cams than the rest. I have shot and worked on pretty much everything out there and personal experience has taught me a single cam stays tuned longer. Every cam or cams has there place so don't rule out one for another. It's mainly personal preference, no matter what make or models of cam design, for every pro there's a con.

 

I'm not in agreement that a single cam stays in tune longer. The string is extremely long and string creep is the main reason bows go out of tune. I will agree they are somewhat forgiving to being out of tune but so is a hybrid.


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