Re: [GZG] [SG] Cracking Eggs with a Sledgehammer, was Power

["Fred Schmidt" <fcschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoted from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_force

One often hears the term being applied to the limits that the human body can 
withstand without blacking out, sometimes referred to as g-loc (loc stands 
for loss of consciousness). A typical person can handle about 5 g (50 m/s²) 
before this occurs, but through the combination of special g-suits and 
efforts to strain muscles -both of which act to force blood back into the 
brain- modern pilots can typically handle 9 g (90 m/s²). Resistance to 
"negative" or upward gees, which drive blood to the head, is much less; 
typically in the 2-3 g (20 to 30 m/s²) range the vision goes red, probably 
due to capillaries in the eyes bursting under the increased blood pressure.

Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Stanczyk" <stanczyk@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [GZG] [SG] Cracking Eggs with a Sledgehammer, was Power


> On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Scott Siebold wrote:
>
> > > In one Trav ship in a campaign I was, part of the defenses were that
> > > the grav plates on deck would cycle +6g to -6g four times a second.
> >
> > That's just evil.
> >
> > I hate to say this but you may not doing them as much harm as
> > you think you are doing.
>
> *Math snipped*
>
> > It would be more deadly to use 2G with a cycle time of 1 second. A
> > 6G with a cycle time of 1 second would kill them but might also
> > turn them into a battering ram against the floor and ceiling.
> >
> > Scott
>
> Ok, so in terms of impact damage, it isn't that great of a system.
> What about in terms of physiologically harmfull?
>
> Do we have any pilots on the list?  What's average G tolerance for
> an untrained (non pilot) person? 6g?  I know with proper training a
> pilot can make 9g without a problem.  I'd like to know how the body
> responds to taking g's over time but don't know what to google for.
>
> And the swing from +6g to -6g is a *really* ugly rollercoaster to
> ride in combat gear or full vac gear.  You might vomit, pass out
> and then check out.
>
> Mike
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