Thought I'd share this one. Recently got an AL360 E3 slalom 190-245 which has a 15cm width tail. My old Fiberspar 220-278 has a 10cm width tail. I tried my F2011 8.6m on the AL360 and found it has as much low-end power as my F2010 9.5m/Fiberspar combo. This is down to the wider tail. So I decided to make a wide tail for the Fiberspar to get extra grunt out of the 9.5m.

MK 1 version was a bit crude and only took one afternoon to make, but its solid as a rock, but Im going to make a second better verion.

I got hold of a 48cm tail end from a smaller old Fiberspar wave boom. I cut of the original tail end of leaving just the carbon tubes.

I cut a narrow slit in each tube large enough to slot in a piece of alu carpet plate. I then secured it to the carbon rods with a couple of self tapper screws.

I the proceeded to wrap plenty of uni directional carbon mat around it and tightly wrapped gaffer tape around it to get a nice tight lay up. Gaffer tape removed once cured.

Just needing sanding to smooth off and pulleys fitting.

MK 2 version is being made with a 58cm tail as I did loose a bit of stiffness on the MK1 due to the tail only being 48cm. This time round, I am using a piece a 16 x 45 x .5cm alu. I was thinking of getting two alu tubes welded on the ends at the correct angle and just slot it over the carbon arms and drilling and bolting it in place. But just repeat the original process with carbon layers, not sure as yet.