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Old 11th Feb 2009, 22:20
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The airbag video was interesting but I noted there was no engine or forward crash visible just a bag deployment.

A twin is far safer in a head on collision than a single.

The biggest killer in a single is the fact that there is little to restrain the massive block of the engine from coming back through the firewall into the cockpit.

In a modern car the engine is directed down away from the passenger area. Not so in a light aircraft.

For that reason the airbag while a great addition is not going to help much against a few hundred pounds of solid metal joining you in the cockpit at 30 mph plus.

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