yes I have tried CF shafts... I also make them....... they are as stiff as a piece of iron and do not bend or flex........... when you hit the cue ball off center to the left or right........ the shaft does not deflect much at all....... they depends on how tight you are holding it in your bridge hand........... the cue ball deflects a greater mount than the shaft............ and you must account for that in your aiming when using side spin................ again:::: anyone that says a CF shaft has low deflection............. has no idea what they are talking about
That does sound intuitive, and for that reason it was at one time believed by quite a few people, but it has conclusively been proven wrong and as a result there are comparatively few people left believing it today. What causes the vast amount of squirt is the effective end mass (weight) in the last 5-8 inches of shaft at the tip end, and the stiffness of the shaft essentially does not contribute to squirt enough to make much practical difference in the real world.
It could also be possible that you use a bridge length that just happens to be at or near the natural pivot point for those shafts that you are comparing the carbon fiber and other shafts against, in which case they may seem to have less squirt because they may, for you and your bridge length, have less
effective squirt for many shot types, even when they are in fact much higher squirt shafts.
Click and read through all the categories at the top of this page for all the explanations of and data to back up the above, including what things are responsible for what portions of squirt, how to objectively and accurately test for squirt between shafts yourself, how natural pivot points and effective squirt work, etc.
Answers to frequently-asked questions (FAQs) about how to judge and compensate for cue ball deflection (squirt) in pool shots with sidespin (english).
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