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On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:43:42 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 28/03/2026 23:12, Peter Moylan wrote:
>> On 29/03/26 01:23, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> 
>>> Education can have an effect, in the long run.
>>> The use of 'horsepower' for example has decreased markedly,
>>> after a generation of teaching SI.
>>> It may get stamped out, in the very long run,
>> 
>> It helps that you don't see many horses on city streets these days.
>> 
> You don't see many arrows either., but people still talk of yards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcmyv667YPs

fwiw my wooden arrows are 33" OAL, including the nock and the target point 
since I start wit a 32" shaft. I buy cheap carbon fiber arrows for the 
compound bow and they are 32" OAL. 

A 36" arrow would be a waste of material unless your archers were 7' tall 
with long arms. Archers that started young could handle some hellish draw 
weights but human anatomy limits the draw length.