Hey Kevin;
Got a ride in an F-15B when I was in, we did 6.5g's and I liked to lost
it, I'd do it again in a heart beat........Take me, take me..............
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Sheen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bill Johns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] g-loads was Re: [F3F] DS record burns to 232mph
> During my 9 years in, I got 2 incentive rides in the F-16. Both times I
was amazed at how well the 'front seater' functioned while pulling huge
g-loads (8 - 9 g's). They were both talking to me the whole time, granted,
they were grunting and huffing but I was so far into my tunnel vision that I
wasn't doing much except for straining against the g-suit. I don't know if
I classify them all as superbly conditioned but they did stay fit and
probably equally important, kept their status current.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> At 06:19 PM 10/28/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >At 05:26 PM 10/28/2003, rsiegel wrote:
> >>Can a full scale airplane *survive* DS?
> >
> >Probably not.
> >
> >> What are the g-loads at these
> >>speeds and in this flight profile?
> >
> >Some time ago there was a video of JW doing some DS'ing, one of the first
DS'ing videos out. The question of g-loading came up then, too. Knowing
the plane he was flying at the time, it had about a 120 inch span, I played
and replayed the sequence and got an average "loop"time. Know the span, I
measured the extremes of the circle the plane was flying and managed to get
a diameter. It was all pretty straight forward. There is a standard
formula some place for figuring out g-loads. It worked out to about 20-22
g's. I think at that time the planes were flying about 150 mph. At 230
mph..... =:-o
> >
> >No, I doubt the full scale plane could survive DS'ing, and if it could,
the pilot could not. What are full scale sailplanes stressed for anyway??
Anyone know what an F-15 is stressed for? I suspect g-loads are limited by
the pilots. So what can a superbly conditioned human take for 15 seconds
and still function? 8-10 g's?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >--
> >Follow your bliss. Joseph Campbell
> >
> >Bill Johns
> >Pullman, WA
> >USA
> >
> >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe"
and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that
subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with
MIME turned off.
>
> RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe"
and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that
subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with
MIME turned off.
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and
unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
