Well, iirc the F8 Crusader had the opposite system that allowed the odd pilot to get airborne without his wingtips, indeed without the better part of his wings...yet with skill and some luck they could (occasionally) be reinstated later in flight.
To complete the "opposite" theme this was considered too risky to be tried under test conditions, but sometimes worked under uncontrolled (!!) operational circumstances.
ps
Couldn't the Mitsubishi MU2 be described as a "designed-in failure mechanism"?