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Old 6th November 2014 | 19:35
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john_tullamarine
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Like J-F, I spent quite some years with a seat OEM as a design and certification engineer.

Several thoughts -

(a) current standards involve dynamic testing which address a measure of the actual loads expected to be experienced in a survivable mishap

(b) at the end of the day, the design mass standards are just a reasonable (but not all-encompassing) yardstick against which to measure design and performance

(c) considering (a), if the loads much exceed the relevant Standards, the occupant is likely to be in a world of hurt regardless of his/her particular mass
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