I just looked it up, and the force on a driver who hits a brick wall at 30
MPH (50 KMH) is 30 Gs!!!!!  That's going to be one HEAVY projectile coming
forward!

On 1/30/06, Tom Boldway <jboldway@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> One thing to consider when building cabinets or adding "things" inside the
> van - what happens if you hit something or something hits you? In a  9g
> crash (fighter aircraft can pull 9gs just flying) a 100 pound cabinet now
> becomes almost 1000 pounds - and if it's not anchored to the car interior
> sufficiently for this force it rips loose and goes sailing around inside
> the
> van . . . .
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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