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.
Title: Re: Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 Smarter Every Day
Post by: Puma44 on May 26, 2020, 12:41:51 AM
The “Funky Chicken” is alive and well. :D
Title: Re: Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 Smarter Every Day
Post by: BoilerDown on May 26, 2020, 01:11:40 AM
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.
Title: Re: Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 Smarter Every Day
Post by: Mister Fork on May 26, 2020, 06:01:18 PM
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.
Title: Re: Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 Smarter Every Day
Post by: Puma44 on May 26, 2020, 10:23:04 PM
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.
Title: Re: Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 Smarter Every Day
Post by: SpinDoc1 on May 27, 2020, 10:54:03 AM
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!
Title: Re: Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 Smarter Every Day
Post by: pallero on May 30, 2020, 02:27:51 PM
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>> :airplane: :devil