Originally Posted by
India Four Two
I was bored and so I did a physics refresher. I timed the 10 fastest rotations to take about 8 seconds, so a period of 0.8 seconds. Assuming a 1.6 m patient, the maximum G force at her head would be about 0.6 .
How did you calculate that?
The circumference of the circle her head executed was 5m (1,6m *Pi).
The rotational speed was thus 5m/0,8s = 6,3m/s.
Lateral acceleration =v^2/r.
=49m/s^2 = 5g.
That is not only unpleasant. That is bordering on dangerous.