Curious about g-forces and the human body.
Using a fighter jet for example (pick your fave) I know on take off from a carrier or anywhere else for that matter that your body takes on some major "G's" and the same when making some extreme manuvers.
But the Question is when at a crusing speed (doesn't matter) take mach 1 for example how does the body react to the g-forces?
Does it "adapt" or are the forces constinly affecting the body in some way?
Your body can adjust to temperature, loud noise, and even atmosphereic pressure, but what about sustained g-forces?
Sorry about a odd and matbe cunfusing question, but i'm curious. And since my chances of ever flying in a F16 are slim to none I'll never be able to experiance it.

if you fly at a constant speed, your acceleration is zero, so according to Newton: F=m.a (force=mass x acceleration). when your a=0, F=0 so no forces. i just came up with this myself, but do you think it's acceptable? no force, no extra G's...

hagar, schumi lost to the typhoon 2 out of 3 times.
i'd imagine the feeling of acceleration is like what ya feel in a standard comercial plane, when ya start out ya get pushed into your seat, but once your airborne and speed up, you dont really feel it

i see:)
my bad, i really should spend extra time interpreting these things better when tired:)

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But what about the effects on the brain? How is damage prevented there?
If I start sounding like a three year old child let me know and I'll stop!

How about in a 747? How powerful are those in that aircraft?

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Really? Even in something like a fighter jet?

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Although this was a long time ago I had a flight in a RAF Hunter advanced trainer (simply a 2-seat version of the front-line jet fighter) & broke the "sound barrier" twice in an almost vertical dive from 43,000 feet. I wore an anti-G suit which was far more painful than the G effects. Despite doing some reasonably high-G manoeuvres these were done quite smoothly with no violence involved.

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to have an advanced aerobatic lesson in the Extra I use as my avatar. Although this is a very slow aircraft compared with the Hunter or a modern jet fighter it is far more lively & manoeuvrable. The instructor, himself an ex-member of the RAF Red Arrows, told me it will roll faster than the BAe Hawk (400 degrees per second) & is stressed to something like 26 G, both positive & negative. He assured me that I would break myself long before damaging the aircraft. I could be wrong but seem to recall that aeobatic display pilots regulary cope with + or - 9 G. We had no anti-G suits but I was taught a simple exercise to delay the onset of blackouts due to positive G. I was delighted & even my instructor was impressed when I withstood +5 G (the maximum allowed for my first lesson) with no ill-effects. I have a certificate to prove it. Not bad for an old codger the wrong side of 60.

PS. As for roller-coasters, I read they can often pull up to +6G.

PPS. I checked my facts. http://www.geocities.com/cedarpoint6/forces

PPPS. This is the Hawker Hunter T.7. Very much like the one I had that ride in back in 1959. I can still remember every precious moment as if it were yesterday. 8)

That is pretty neat Hagar!!!
Beautiful jet! Must have been one wild ride!!!
This weekend weather permitting I'm going to fly a T34 warbird that is here at my local airport. I cut a deal with the owner, I build him a clock of a T34 and charge him a flight in the T34.
There is a whole fleet of warbirds at my local airport and my goal is to fly in every one!!
I  would show a picture of the T34 but i don't know how.

" aeobatic display pilots regulary cope with + or - 9 G"

I thought that the max a human body can withstand was 9g's.

Well i just tried to put a picture of the T34 here but nothing!
I uploaded it and pushed the button with the" picture"  in the " add YABBC tags"  and got this "img URL /img" I inserted the link the way the "upload success page told me but nothing happens what am I doing wrong?? I removed the brackets so that  what popped up would show.
I must have uploaded 4 pictures and don't have the slightest clue as to where they are or what happened to them!!

Here she is! I don't know why it is so big! The file is 800 and is 67kb.

There modified to JPG.

If you put your mouse pointer on the image and right click-properties, This is the info I get:
width-800
Height-603
size of file-62.93 (64441 bytes)

I used Irfanview to resize it and according to that program it is JPG format. So I don't know what the deal is.
I think you must have "image envy" :)

I went back and tried to resize the original again and I got the same thing (size and file size) so even if this is the wrong  forum please let me know what it is I might be doing wrong, I don't want to be using to much space on the site!!

There is one of the uploads!
I first uploaded it and it was JPG. Then another somehow became BMP. Which was the one on there.
When I tried the link for the JPG photo nothing would appear. I didn't pay attention to the fact that in the link I was typing "jpg" instead of "JPG".
But I modified the picture so now I should be free from "moderator harrassment"
Now I have to figure out what I did that changed the one upload into a BMP image.
Thanks Hagar!!
I'll gather some of my favorite pics and post them in the photos forum later!!

I see your point, I must have uploaded the BMP because It is a picture I took.
I think I must have uploaded the same pic in a different format (BMP) over top of the JPG. That is why I was having so much trouble getting it to appear. Like i said I uploaded the photo about four times so anything might have happened.
I also remember when posting the link, when copying/ pasting I didn't remove the ".jpg" where you put in the name of your photo, the start of my problems.
I'll remember next time to give my photo's a little something special when nameing them!
I would hate to know that I might mess up someone else's post because of something like that!!
And by the way thanks for the slap on the hand!!
I read your instructions and those of Rifleman's to a T, and still didn't pay attention!!!!

No I didn't notice the mistake!
I might have to hold that against you !!
Actually it proves a very good point, how easy it is to cause problems with something that should be simple!

" I plead insanity. "

It's ok, I think it has to do with all the abbreviations!!
jpeg,JPG,BMP,LOL,RTFM,ETC,etc!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to my rubber room to bounce off the walls for awhile!!