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Originally Posted by The_bluester
Depending on how it fell, at least given the previous flight test the structure is obviously designed to take significant bending loads given it is expected to orient itself into a belly flop situation by effectively adding or reducing drag at the ends of the ship, to keep itself level.
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The circular ring assembly gives ridigity and many of the rings are reinforced with internal bracing between segments. Horizontal sky dives are spreading the load across all of the curved rings, whereas falling against a building is applying point loads on the structure. At the very least there will be some dents, likely in the nose, where the header tanks are located.