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Hi!
I've decided to make an automotive photo rig. So i think its possible to make it using 2m carbon fiber tubes splitted together to get 6-8m long tube. 
One end will be connected to car, on the other end it will be a camera (about 1kg). It should be rather tough construction to prevent jolting.
Can you give me advice what type of tubes (diameter, thickness) can fit?
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Hi Roman, welcome to the forum,

So are you looking to run this 6-8m section vertically off a car roof? Will the car be moving with this attached? Does the pole have cables to stabalise it? Sorry for all the questions but they will all make quite a difference to the tube that would be appropriate.

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I think the pic will explain it better. Tube usualy mount on some side of the car using suction cups. 
While shooting, car moving at very low speed <5kmh by human power =) (engine is off to prevent vibrations). Its possible to use triangle(or other) system of cables to stabalise but usually its not necessary.
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Okay I know what you are trying to do now... a rig to do motion blur on a slow exposure.

You really should be looking at the larger diameter tubes to get the level of stiffness you will need as you don't want it 'bouncing' at all. the 47.5mm roll-wrapped tube should be appropriate for this, to create detachable joints I would suggest using some short lengths of aluminium tube, either internal or externaly with pins through them to hold them together, I'm sure you could find a local engineering company who could make these for you very cheaply. If you did rig it with wires (like an arm on a crane) you could reduce the tube diameter greatly, but this could be more complicated to setup.

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