Kind of OT: Fun With G-Forces

[hitman]

April 15 2003-

 

Yeah while a blue angel pilot may be able to pull 7-8 gs without blacking out, they sure aren't having fun during that spin, and they can probably only hold it for a few moments. To make F/A-18 PSF more realistic, I've thought of some easy ways to simulate these Gs all at your house, plus tell you just about what it'll do to you. PS I've never flown an F18, but I think these are kinda close.

 

 

 

Pulling 1 G-

 

In an F-18 this is just straight and level flight. Pretty fun eh!

 

 

 

Pulling 2 Gs

 

Turning in a nice slow turn. This is similar to what nascar drivers feel around those curves. If you weighed 200lbs before, you now weigh 400lbs! Ever given a full grown man a piggy back ride, very awkward and very hard to do, that is what you feel like you're carrying right now.

 

 

 

Pulling 3 Gs

 

This gets even harder. Probably turning in a steeper turn with some bad guy. To simulate a 3 G turn I think holding your breath might simulate the loss of oxygen to brain, hold it long enough, and you'll pass out. You now weigh 600lbs.

 

 

 

Pulling 4 Gs

 

Hope you put your G suit on good. Probably pulling up after dive bombing a village or something. This is starting to hurt. You now weigh 800lbs in your seat. This is an extra 600lbs on you. To simulate, tell your mom to jump on your back. And of course i am sorry for all those out there that I offended. But sit down, put down those lawsuit papers and read the rest of this.

 

 

 

Pulling 5Gs

 

Ouch!! Now your're hurtin! A pretty hard turn. To simulate 5gs of gravity, hang 40lbs from your head. You now weigh almost as much as some of heaviest sumo wrestlers- 1000lbs. To simulate the lack of oxygen to brain, bang head on desk 5 times, repeat every 10 seconds.

 

 

 

Pulling 6Gs

 

Now you really hurt!! 1200lbs. The equivilent of 5 people on your back. Your nice little chair just broke, and you made a nice dent in the floor. Sniff alot of that model glue while banging head on desk. Besides the long term brain effects of sniffing glue, this is about as close as you can get to the real thing. Jokin guys lets not take this too serious now.

 

 

Pulling 7 Gs

 

What can I say, you broke the chair, you broke the floor, and you fell down to ground level.

 

 

 

Pulling 8 Gs

 

Pretty much you're straining this aircraft to its capacty especially that seat. You weigh just around 1600lbs

[Camoman]

Yeah way OT lol but from my experience (and I guess it differs for every1 and of course no g suit as it wasn't a hornet:( ):

 

Pulling 1Gs - Admiring the scenery on the way to the training area.

 

Pulling 2Gs - Steep turn 60deg bank but dont feel bod cos ur lookin down on all the pretty paddocks

 

Pulling 3Gs - Commin outta dat loop and ur gettin squished uncomfortably. Can hold it for a while though.

 

 

Pulling 4Gs - Oops pulled a bit too hard comin out and started goin a little grey round the edges. And no my mum aint quite heavy enough;)

 

 

Pulling 5.5Gs - Instructor gets a little carried away cos he's excited you pulled sumthin off and as such rewards your efforts by makin u black out but not quite pass out..tunnel vision is wierd. Laughin all the way thru it. I guess a few thousand hours in the pit helps ya out a bit.