Indeed. The fuselage IS made out of carbon fiber so you wonder just how
hard you'd have to hit to break it. Nonetheless, it's not a design choice
that makes me overly comfortable. Of course neither is the piper stabilator
but that's another story....

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The jury may still be out, but I bet this is counterintuitive.

Perhaps someone from the NTSB should be asked, but I think that if you
puncture a cabin stored fuel tank, you are already dead. On the other
hand,
you can bend a wing in a Piper or Cessna, and end up burning.

Especially a high wing plane that brings the fuel through the A pillar.
The
A pillar should be saving your life, not covering you in fuel.