What does recurve bow mean by 66 inches long?

Recurve bow is 66 inches long, which means the length of the bow.

The main body of recurve bow consists of a bow handle, a bow piece and a bow string. Generally, the length of recurve bow handle is optional: 23 inches /25 inches /27 inches. The length of the bow can be selected from 66 inches /68 inches /70 inches. So 66 inches here refers to the length of the bow.

Introduction:

Recurve bow is a kind of bow that looks different from ordinary longbow from the side: one end of recurve bow's bow arm, instead of bowstring, bends outward. The broad difference between recurve bow and non-recurve bow lies in whether the bow arm bends in the opposite direction after the lower chord.

There is a saying that recurve bow's bowstring is in contact with the bow arm after winding, but in the traditional bow type, not all recurve bow's bowstring is in contact with the bow arm after winding, so the standard that the bowstring is attached to the bow arm cannot accurately distinguish recurve bow. Recurve bow now refers to modern competitive recurve bow in a narrow sense.

Compared with the straight-arm bow, recurve bow can store more energy, which makes the shot arrow have higher kinetic energy. So recurve bow can make it shorter than the ordinary bow, but it can keep its power.

This advantage makes recurve bow suitable for places where long weapons can cause inconvenience, such as jungles, forests or horseback riding. Relatively speaking, the traditional straight long bow will have a "cascading" effect-that is, the more the bow is pulled open, the more the force required to pull the bow will increase obviously.