Breaking Point: What’s The Strongest G-Force Humans Can Tolerate?

Breaking Point: What’s The Strongest G-Force Humans Can Tolerate?

Breaking Point: What’s The Strongest G-Force Humans Can Tolerate? If you’re a roller coaster enthusiast, chances are you’ve been called a “thrill-seeker” or an “adrenaline-junkie.” But what is it about roller coasters that gives the rider a high-impact, thrilling experience? Many cite the high speeds and inversions as the reason they ride the massive metal…

What’s it like to pull 9Gs in an F-16? A fighter pilot weighs in

What’s it like to pull 9Gs in an F-16? A fighter pilot weighs in

G-forces don’t translate to the big screen, or to video games, but they are a major aspect of flying fighters. Movies like Top Gun show the characters easily moving around the cockpit while chatting on the radio during a dogfight. In reality, during a sharp turn under peak G, you’re spending the majority of your…

Maxed out: How many gs can you pull?

Maxed out: How many gs can you pull?

John Stapp rides the rocket sled Sonic Wind 1 in 1954 (Image: Keystone/Getty Images) John Stapp rides the rocket sled Sonic Wind 1 in 1954 (Image: Keystone/Getty Images) The swooping, sickening sensations you experience on a roller coaster come courtesy of brief g-forces of up to 5 g. Rides have to be designed so people…

Watching Jet Pilots Train To Withstand G-Forces Is Just Too Intense

Watching Jet Pilots Train To Withstand G-Forces Is Just Too Intense

Military pilots and astronauts must endure tremendous amounts of g-forces during takeoff and maneuvers. They’re trained for this type of pressure, and part of this training is to deliberately induce g-loc, or g-induced loss of consciousness, by replicating these intense forces. It’s fascinating to see how quickly pilots lose consciousness, and how long it takes…

How Much G-force Can an Average Human Withstand?

How Much G-force Can an Average Human Withstand?

Even with the human body’s natural ability to adapt, we aren’t exactly made to withstand too much g-force. You can chalk this up to humans’ inability to fly or run at supersonic speeds. So, why do some folks even bother going to high-G training? Well, it’s to up their g-tolerance before getting in an aircraft….

Maximum survivable long term g-forces

Maximum survivable long term g-forces

It is hypothesized that the only acceleration that can be tolerated for looong time without side effects is the normal acceleration. Human subjects have been exposed to continuous high-G environment at most for seven days at 1.5 G. Although no immediate ill effects were found, extrapolation of the data to longer periods may be dangerously…

Protecting humans in prolonged high-G maneuvers

Protecting humans in prolonged high-G maneuvers

In a world where torch ships sometimes will accelerate over 10Gs for hours, maybe sometimes days on end. Is there any way to keep the crew alive and preferably fully functional in during such harsh maneuvering, or do we have to result to handwaves such as “inertial dampening” or human augmentation? $\begingroup$ You could borrow…