Hi gents,
Here is my personnal experience about Gs. I fell a lot of factors affecting my Gs resistance, one of those being the Gs per second I use to reach a certain G load. The quicker I reach a G peak, the shorter I can sustain the Gs. If I go right away to 7 Gs without warming me up before that and let s say I m at 7 Gs in one second, I know I wont sustain a constant 7 Gs for more than let s say 30 sec. Moreover, going very quickly to high G load might result in G lock without the normal steps encountered before that (you can loose conciousnees with no warning).
If I warm me up with 2 180 degrees 4 Gs turn in each direction, I can sustain Gs much better, and if I apply Gs gradually after that, I notice a huge improvement.
Another point is, that when I reach my limits under high Gs, I fly a "field of view"
I will never allow to loose my vision totally, but I will gradually let my field of view narrow so that I can still track the bandit and keep my situational awarness.
Then,if I take a break and pull some more Gs, I ll pull to that same "field of view" I m confortable with, but I will reach it more gradually than the first time, so that I don t knock me out.
My point is, in Lock On, considering the way the sim deals with pilots getting tired, it is very difficult to handle flying under high G load because of lack of reference.
There is no way to know what s the pilot status (rested, tired, exhausted) and it s very difficult to fly a "field of view" to get the maximum out of the pilot/jet.
The Pilot model look realistic to my opinion, but it is rather diffifult to feel it, as I mentioned earlier.
Simple things such as pilot breathing rythm might help a lot in this matter.
I hope I helped a little bit :)
Let me know if ur real life experience with Gs is anywhere close to mine
Goshawk1