Making a flemish string out of fast flight plus

[bryman021]

I ordered and received a couple of 1/4# spools of brownells fast flight plus. I have made several flemish strings for my Ibex out of B-50 dacron and use 32 strands. I'm wondering how many strands to use with the Fast Flight Plus material? Surely 32 will work, but I'm wondering if I can safely use any less than that, to keep the weight of the string as low as possible. Will be only for my 175lb Ibex.

Thanks

[Boo]

As with most archery equipment it's not about matching the string to the bow. With a recurve crossbow more stands will greatly reduce creep and noise/shock. A thicker string will bring the center of the arrow closer to the center of the string. The difference between a 28 strand string and a 40 strand string is only a few ft/sec.