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[Brick]

(head explodes after display of superior Swedish brainpower)

 

Dang.  I just get up there (in AH), pull G's until I start to see tunnel-vision, and then lay off it a bit.

Andy
(well, when you mostly fly the C-47, you don't have to worry 'bout that!)

[fats]

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Fw 190 had higher heel elevation than other fighters of its era and it was credited to give pilot a edge on fast and hard G turns.
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Looking at my 1:8 scale Fw 190 drawings, which are based on official factory drawings, the seat is tilted back ~28 degrees. And the bottom of the rudder pedals ~level with the seat bottom. Dunno how that compares to the seating arangements of other planes. Nor how it affects G tolerance.


//fats

[Aussie]

 

Just remember that fighter pilots that are driving the plane know when the load is coming so they can prepare themselves.

Ive always found G forces much more tolerable when Im doing the flying than when Im a passenger. I guess much like I never get airsick when Im flying but I have done as a passenger. Must be the concentration.

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aussie
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Any ship can be a minesweeper... once.

[phaetn]

It's the preparation.

Used to happens to me all the time racing cars on the track: I could go all day hammer and tong and be just fine.  The moment I went  as a passenger for someone to show me a better line or for me to show them, I had to get out within three or four laps.

When driving I knew EXACTLY what the forces were going to be because I was the one loading them up and I was in tune with what the car was doing.  As a passenger I didn't have the tactile input from the brake pedal or steering wheel needed to prepare myself... plus I didn't know the driver's exact intentions.

Cheers,

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phaetnAT
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