• HobbitFoot
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    4 months ago

    Factors of safety are defined to deal with the probability of things going wrong in a manner that is acceptable to society based on a body of knowledge and experimentation. You can’t just define your own.

    Also, just because something is designed for a specific load doesn’t mean it will fail at that load.