Before we talk about this new mast design let’s talk about the construction. More specifically high-torque ratio and added reactivity.
It’s easy to make a lightweight carbon fiber mast and say it is high end. What is hard – we mean really difficult - is having a mandatory anti-twist torsional properties and reactive at the same time. We have made hundreds and hundreds of prototypes and we have never used a traditional woven carbon fiber that could do that, so this began our journey with advanced spread tow composites. Then how to apply them in clockwise motion rotating each laminate by a certain amount of degrees. The result is a construction that is over 1.5lbs lighter than our fluid series, with an added energy that we have never experienced out of a carbon mast – but just as important was making it sure it was as solid as its alloy counterpart.
