I agree the plastiblades can eat tail boom particularly on hard landing. I have been using the plasti blades for 3 weeks now and I combine it with a aluminum tail boom (12" x 3/16) which really works well. I just have to put a masking tape at the end of each boom and screw it in. I got the aluminum tail boom from my LHS which is already pre cut and it cost around 3 bucks for 3 rods. I don't think I will be switching to cf tail boom anytime soon.