Is the viper mast not strong enough as is?
The aluminum stick, with close to 400lbs on the wire, cunningham on, traveled out? No ****ing way. I doubt a carbon F16 mast would be much better either.
FYI, Matt is using the same Goodall wing mast as AHPC so it's not just a Viper thing. It can take a lot of abuse, I've seen some scary bends with no damage, but I don't think it'd hold up to that kind of outright abuse and misuse.