Quote Originally Posted by Doug-Thompson
Re: Conquering Wales and why we should be impressed with the longbow.

Edward I was very impressed with the longbow after his Welsh campaigning. So impressed, he started using and training them in mass.
Quote Originally Posted by Orda Khan
Maybe because it took them 200 years to do so? Or that in order to do so required calling upon English interests in France to bolster their army? Even then they relied heavily upon loyal Welsh troops from mid Wales. And finally more castles than any other country in order to keep the Welsh in place. All this for a nation of fairly easy going people.

The cast of an arrow depends on how the bow is being used. It is true that the cast follows a parabolic but the arrow can also be aimed higher so that it falls downwards. Obviously the range is affected but 100m plus is easily achieved even with a fairly light bow

........Orda
Sense and thought from these two gentlemen! Hear hear!!!