Hi Sam,
Yes, all you mentioned has been taken into consideration. The poles are pultruded ones. The bow that's induced into the poles was a deliberate design factor. As you noticed, the poles end up working against each other but working together. I have to leave the 3K woven poles as an individual custom choice as they are so much more expensive, and there is no mechanical advantage over pultruded poles for this application.
Yes, the secondary cage sits inside the mount-box when stowed.
No, the components are not cut by hand - hand cutting cannot produce repeatable accurate cuts.
Alex.
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