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That is impressive! It's good to know the wing will stand a loading that will leave the people inside little skin sacks of jelly.
 
If I understood that right, they designed it to just barely pass the minimum design requirement. Impressive only in that they have precise enough engineering to be able to not add an ounce more weight to the structure than needed, but in terms of strength, it's kind of "so what?" I know that some of the older designs passed that number by at least 20% or more, i.e., hitting 170%+.
 
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