G-Load info

[II./JG1_Wilcke]

Physiological; short and overweight, high blood pressure, you can really crank the G on....

tall marathoner with low blood pressure....your out like a 20W bulb connected to 220 3-phase...

plus if its something you do everyday your body also compensates and develops tolerance.....remember arteries have muscular layers....

then its the amount of G that the platform can sustain some modern aerobatic aircraft can generate an enormous amount of G but are unable to sustain it for a punishingly long period of time.

Modern day fly-by-wire combat aircraft have computers that limit G loads, how fast they are generated and how long they are sustained....I suspect that if one were to "tweak" the computer the airframe could produce some really debilitating amounts of G....I mean a really bad case of hemorrhoids(not the worst thing to happen but still)....ouchie....

Aviation physiology is really interesting, actually physiology in itself is fascinating that is why I am in healthcare.