Wow,

That pretty much renders it useless. Fortunately You can buy Just the central aluminum hub. I think Michael's got them.

Anyway, alot of people here are simply taking a stock flybar, cutting the hook at the end off to shorten it to varying degrees; although if You have the grips, Mine seems to do just fine leaving it long as possible because I have the extended upper head, so don't worry about blade strikes.

Then slide good fitting c.f. tubing over the stock flybar, and adding weights, again, to varying degrees, and that keeps the c.f. tubing from sliding off.

Almost indestructable ! !

Even if it bends, it is not a compound bend, but a simple bend right at the end of the c.f. tubing and the hub; about the only place it CAN bend, and is easily straightened.

So, maybe You could rig up something like that with the paddles and You're set.

Let me know how You do it.

Gary