rattlesnake wrote:

And it is much the same with airframes: you know where the heavy point
loads are applied, [engine mount, seats??] so if you support at those
points, and load the wing,
then you are going to live a long happy life.

absolutely not so! the seats are designed to carry max passenger weight
times safe G-load times 1.5 (usually).

Well, how about that!
And I thought seat belts were often specified at 29 g's. Silly me!

:-)

Brian W