Review: The 2,000 $ "Lancehead F1" Limbless Crossbow

hello and welcome to the slingshot channel today we have another instant Legolas that was just a joke it's time for a break seriously it doesn't happen very often that someone invents something new and revolutionary in the world of archery and

crossbow

s but these The guys at Lancehead have done it and I'm very happy to be one of the first to receive a sample of the innovative new F1

crossbow

they make. Let me show you its features. It comes in this wonderful box that is truly a work of art. I mean, it even has wheels, so it's like the best gun case I've ever seen.

I have to say it's okay, so let's open it. What do we have inside? We have this beautiful crossbow. It doesn't look like any other crossbow I've ever seen. I've seen it before, as you can see, there are no limbs, you just have these, sorry, it's totally my fault. You know, I present to you a very expensive crossbow and I put it on the cheapest table you can imagine haha, typical slingshot channel style anyway. no limp you just have these two drums here and then you have a lot of rope and of course you have like some arrows and even one arrow that is the decocking bolt and it's a bullpup design of course but but where are the limbs?

The special thing is that the limbs are inside these drums and are like coiled springs. This means that it works much like a starter spring on a lawnmower, but many times more powerful, so they are actually made of the best. quality and I think the true masterpiece of the crossbow is the cables. You see these cables here. Make sure you have a huge acceleration length. I mean, the power stroke is like 25 inches from the back from here to here, so that's it. a super long power stroke and they make it so that by using pulleys you see that you have multiple bullets, you have these pulley systems here and this here and they make sure that you know the way it travels this is just together because they are only 19 centimeters long long. like this, they travel this short, but then, the rope in bold, these four, the power stroke goes backwards and this makes it very fast because a pulley not only gives you a longer power stroke, but it also accelerates the speed of the springs and that's what these guys have really done well, but let's look further at all the other features here, in the end you'll see that they are a fun cross and that's where the winch goes because these things have to be cocked which is why the powerful springs that you can't cook without them and well you can also see that they have a cool trigger system, it's a tick trigger which is one of the best triggers you can buy for crossbows today and so Of course, this one.

It has the advantage that the thin and narrow profile makes it behave almost like a gun and I think it is really made to shoot downwards, so normally people would like to sit in a tree and then shoot downwards this way , that's what it's designed for, but it's also pretty comfortable to shoot as well as a great normal scope and this is actually the winch system that comes with it and what I like about it is that it's absolutely noise free so it's a quick carbon system and you know you just put in the crank here and then you can release the spring like this and then you can take it out.

The length is of course absolutely suitable for the crossbow. Look and if you want to drag it in, just turn and when you hear. you don't hear anything, but the good thing is that there is a pause embedded in it, so you don't need the tack tack tack tack tack tack that you normally hear on these winches the brake system is absolutely noise free this is what I really love Now I'll show you how to do it. The first thing you want to do is have this cross section here as well so that it works as a lock and the key that you inserted and put it in place, then you will leave all the rope and put this on top. the reach and then you put it here until it's in front of you until it hooks onto the rope and you put the winch on and you start winding it up and of course it's very easy and you see now it's pulling back the chain just a little bit to Cantus so I can see the pulleys working and as you see I can release them.

I can leave them, release the crank here at any time and it stops automatically. Now you see how the pulleys actually move the locking and rigging devices. very, very, very short stroke, so the springs will only turn like 90 degrees, that's all they need and now you can hear the trigger clock ticking. The first thing you should do is put the safety on and then release the brake on this thing, okay. and put it on like two turns or something until you can get the system out and move the plate to the front so you can remove the whole part.

Okay, now take out an arrow. Very high quality carbon fiber arrow. Now they give. You get a pair of pliers to attach them, but they were missing from my box for some reason. There was a promissory note. Kind of like they'll send it to me later, which is fine because there's insurance and then there's dry fire. safety so even if this was dry fire it would be caught in this little notch here so I'm not too afraid to put the bolt in with my fingers and of course we're not here at least Roxanna and of course you could take If you don't want to do this with pliers, move the ball back and now it will be fully engaged and as you can see, we showed you this, it won't be any problem to put any wide hair on it, but you see how.

In length, the power stroke is incredible. Look, the Halfmoon nock is very tight against the string and now the gun is ready to fire and has some power. Let me tell you, have you ever seen a crossbow like this, isn't it amazing? Great! thin thing, okay, now we take the safety off. Wow, that's some awesome power, but how hard does it shoot? Let's shoot on the clock and again, it's unethical, so you'll see the result here on my iPhone at 109 meters per second. and there's 356 fps and you see these arrows weighed 23 grams so we get almost 137 joules of energy from the coil springs.

Now it's a pretty heavy crossbow, it's not too heavy to handle because it's well balanced, but let's see how. heavy, really okay, so this means it's about six kilos or maybe thirteen pounds, which is heavy for a crossbow, but of course, it's with three arrows in the decocking bolt, is it accurate? Well, this distance of 50 meters is actually a lot for a crossbow, let's see. how's it going well let's do it again the trigger is really out of this world it's so sweet so far it's been very accurate but of course they give you this very expensive pulse now you get three of them in the package do you? how is it shot? very, very cheap aluminum ones from ek archery that you can get for almost nothing.

It will still hit from 20 meters from a standing position. Well, the manufacturer does not recommend it. The manufacturer recommends using only these arrows and there is a slight risk of doing so. it damages the crossbow but in reality this is what is going to happen out there people will shoot all kinds of funny arrows and that's why I want to know if this is sturdy okay, let's do it from 20 meters but at least hold on hahaha let's go for one more shot, like this Let's try the second shot, well, let's take a look. I was a little shaking because it's heavy, so being freestanding it's not that easy, so in case you haven't noticed, you just ate one of my beams because it shot through all of them. the way up to the grip, yes, that's what I call a major impact, so there's a lot of power precision.

I guess I'm just not the best shot in the world, but this is an accurate crossbow even with these cheap robots, so what's my verdict? In this super new and interesting crossbow, Lance hit f1 well, first of all, of course, it is an absolute innovation. This type of throwing arm technology is unheard of in this industry and as you can see the performance is really good and I love how compact it is. the compactness is simply bleeding everything else I have seen so far, it is also super well made and is delivered complete, this means you get all the amenities, everything is in the wonderful suitcase, other advantages, the trigger, the technological trigger is excellent The crossbow is very smooth and I think it contributes greatly to the precision of the design.

The telescopic sight is wonderful. The falcon's side. I really love it. I mean, it's adjustable. It has everything you need. I love the look. So everything is just fantastic. Workforce. It is a very well made crossbow of course there are also some negative points that I must mention and let's not forget that I paid full price for this crossbow this means I paid the full 2000 dollars and once it gets here Europe with all the tax at the added value of 19% and import duties and everything, it costs around 2500 euros, so it is a very expensive crossbow but of course it is really exclusive.

Mine has a serial number 0:09 they didn't give me oh oh seven, that's it. for some reason, in any case, it also has a few more disadvantages: it is quite heavy, not unusable, because it is a heavy crossbow. I must say that the shooting position is also a bit uncomfortable. I mean, you would want a different distance to the target. scope, but I think that is due to the fact that a lot of people would shoot down because they are sitting in a tree, so I think that is the reason why the distance is so short, it is a hunting crossbow and therefore So don't take too long once you get the hang of it, it's not too long but it's definitely a lot longer so this is not a technical crossbow like the arrow with the repeat magazine and everything but this is a hunting made to hunt. made from a tree stand, therefore I wouldn't even say it's a disadvantage, it's just normal for the industry, overall I can really recommend it because it has the cool factor, it's super cool, that's what I think anyway.

I hope you liked it. I linked the Lance-heads website down there, so if you want to visit them, there's also more video material on everything. I recommend you watch them because it's really fun. Otherwise, I hope you like it because that's all for today. Thanks and for the cube, there is one thing I forgot to say and that is why I am so interested in this technology, well it is very simple because I think that if I used two of these springs instead of a total of eight or something like them use, I think it would be possible to build an instant Legolas device that is compact.

Imagine it would be like a repeating bow with the dimensions of a repeating shotgun, like a pump action shotgun. That would be really surprising. Let's see if I can convince these people to do it. this with me oh alfie calm down