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Abellan Poerband Problem please help me!!!

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Andreas Simos

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Hello alltogether
its me again Andreas from germany , finally i bought my first wooden speargun an >>Abellan Albacora << on ebay spain for a lot of money and it came here with a broken handle :yack (first thing is fixed already) and maybe wrong powerband dimensions :confused:, i tried to reach the manufacturer by email and by phone but no reply :vangry,

i want o go to greece on holydays very soon and time runs away ...:crutch

so i come to the exact description of my problem:
i dont know how long the powerbands have to be and what thickness they should have ( i guess 17mm is ok)
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dimensions an measurments i made are:
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overall length of the gun : 135,5 cm ( 53,34 inch)
Shaft length about : 115 cm (45,27inch)
wheight : about 6,5 kilos
length of the spear : 141cm (55,51inch)
diameter of the spear : 8 mm (0,31inch)
wheight of the spear with slip tip : >500 gramms

distance from muzzle hole end (shortest distance to sharkfin measured with dynema line ) to first , second , third sharkfin are exact
1. 86cm (33,85inch)
2. 96cm (37,79inch)
3. 105cm (41,33inch)

how long have to be the powerbands exactly overall length, from constrictor knot to constricktor knot , and how long should be the wishbone length

what i have is: 3 quite good looking powerbands 17 mm (0,66 inch) diameter in the length 61,5cm (24,21inch)/ -62,3cm (24,52inch) /-62,7cm (24,68inch) from constrictor knot to constrictorknot, is it possible to use them by using different wishbone lengts?

i hope someone of you can help me
Regards Andreas
 
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Hi mate

The bands are the correct length

I would go 64 62 and 60cm of 17mm or 18mm rubbers

Use the wishbones as short as possible to maximise band stretch
 
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