Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 Smarter Every Day

[LCADolby]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1PgNbgWSyY

A fascinating look at the spatial disorientation and the effect of Gs on the physiology.

[zack1234]

Sounds welsh to me

[Vulcan]

Sounds welsh to me

What have you been smoking boyo?

[Busher]

I was hoping Puma44 might chime in on this one.

[Oldman731]

I was hoping Puma44 might chime in on this one.

I don't think Puma is Welsh.

- oldman (...not sure, though, possibly he could be...) (Come to think of it, I'm part Welsh...but 4Gs was the max I ever sustained...)

[Puma44]

I was hoping Puma44 might chime in on this one.

Haven’t had time to watch the whole video but, have pulled a few Gs here and there.  And, spatial D is a real thing that is quite eye opening when it happens.

[Puma44]

The “Funky Chicken” is alive and well. 

[BoilerDown]

Is it easier when you have control of the aircraft and can let off the stick to maintain your own limits? I imagine the person not in control has it worse.

[Mister Fork]

Is it easier when you have control of the aircraft and can let off the stick to maintain your own limits? I imagine the person not in control has it worse.

You can invertantly pull too many G's in an aircraft and black yourself out. Then you're a smoking hole in the gound seconds later.

[Puma44]

Is it easier when you have control of the aircraft and can let off the stick to maintain your own limits? I imagine the person not in control has it worse.

You never consciously let go of the controls to manage G load.  In fact, it’s better tolerated when holding on and maintaining a feel for what the aircraft is doing, until G lock.  Then, you’re along for the ride.

[SpinDoc1]

Haven’t had time to watch the whole video but, have pulled a few Gs here and there.  And, spatial D is a real thing that is quite eye opening when it happens.

I was on a nighttime sortie (F-16), backseat, and the pilot was instructing me to roll right at the merge in a max 6g turn for 90°, and to get from 16k to 8k quickly. I had NVGs on and was watching instruments, but as soon as I rolled right and put on the G's, with no external visual reference I felt like I was floating in a tub of nothingness. He realized we were pointed almost directly down and that I had no clue where we were. He calmly pulled us out of the dive with a "I have control of the aircraft" and we terminated the engagement. Real-world, super fast onset of spatial D. I felt fine physiologically, but had no friggin' clue where we were pointed after that.

Be safe out there folks!

[pallero]

Nah, even girls can do that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsSG07jGKjQ

[morfiend]

The “Funky Chicken” is alive and well. 

  This!

  Why even put a meatbomb inside the A/C???  It limits the airframe,we could have A/C capable of 15g turns,even more but the meatbomb would explode.

  Likely build drones for a 10th of the cost,and if it gets shot down there's no pilot so who cares. Just need some way of training the remote pilot thats both educational and fun>>