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Ken Harwood advises against lifting the front of the airplane using the
engine lift hook.

Ken, while I see your point, it's a question of numbers.  Can you offer your
own experience or analysis or that of others to back up your assertion that
the engine isn't stressed to handle "much more" than its own weight?  In
fact, it appears to me that lifting here imparts relatively little stress on
the engine given its configuration and load paths.  I'd welcome more
education on this.

Regards,
Ed de Chazal