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@novocaine
I could do the FEA on it for you but i'm too lazy. fair enough if in practice it works but having seen the stress test's on an sram powerlink in comparison to a solid chain i think i'll stick to a complete chain or a spring cliped link for high stress chains.
may be fine for track events where the chain is not expected to be run for a long period and is not used to brake quickly (i.e. skiding) but on the road the braking force is comparible if not greater than accelaration force.
just as abit of info on how the sram link failed it didn't snap it bent and then came apart. no fixed connection between either plate allowed it to deform.
i couldn't generate enough force to do this but the conclusion was that extreme stress could cause a suitable situation where the link would fail.
ignore me if you want you'll most likely be fine.