CAN I REALLY USE THE COMPLETE LENGTH RANGE OF THE BOOM?Updated a year ago

Under usual conditions yes. But for super heavy usage you need to differentiate between carbon- and aluminium booms.

• The worst case scenario on a carbon boom is a breakage when massively overloaded. Carbon booms do not bend though. Therefore carbon booms can be used without any limitations even when fully extended.
   

• Aluminium though can break and bend. Therefore a heavy rider and/or overloading (e.g. wipe-outs/catapults or landing super high jumps) might cause an alloy boom to bend when fully extended. As a guideline for really heavy (ab)use do not use the last 15-20 cm of the boom range.