Would running a 46cm extension have placed unwanted pressure on my Hot Rod RDM which decided to let go on the weekend?? It was the first time using it, purely out of nesscesity as I had left my regular extension at home. I only required 18cm worth of down haul, so there was in effect 45cm (overall) inside the mast its self, where there would normally only be 20cm. There was no collision involved, it just let go about 50cm from the ferrule. Bugger. I will admit that this particular mast had a good number of session over the past 4-5 years - I estimate around 150. So could that be considered excessive usage for one mast over that amount of time???