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

["Mike Hillsgrove" <mikeah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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

A typically physically fit  person can do 5G for a few seconds if he knows
what he is doing.  A well trained Fighter Pilot who is fit, and wearing a G
suit doing a strain manuever, can do 9G for a few seconds.  That comes under
the heading of "being lucky".   Constantly pulling G's is a very tireing,
exausting thing.

The average civilian can pass out at 2 G's

Lateral G's - or transverse G's are much easier to take. That is why the
current crop of fighter planes have the pilot nearly reclining.

Negative G's are also very bad for motion sickness.  Trust me - this I know.
If strapped to a chair, your lunch isn't.

My aircraft was the mighty BUFF.  While the B-52 didn't pull alot of G's, it
vibrated, was very loud, smelled like a heated urinal, and was uncomfortable
as hell.  Really bad for airsickness.   Being a Nav, I didn't even get a
window seat.


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