Hi Kestral,
Without delving into the technicalities, when you are correctly stating that 1G is what we all feel in our everyday lives when you are, say, sitting on a chair, you can relate all other 'numerical values' of 'G' in proportion. You state that when you experience 2Gs, you feel twice as heavy - this is exactly the same where negative Gs are concerned but reversed! For example, +2Gs will cause you to feel twice as heavy because your body is being forced into the seat with twice as much force as is usual. With -2Gs, however, your body weight is forced upwards into your shoulder restraints with twice as much force as your body weight, i.e. if you weigh 800 Newtons (roughly equivilant to 80 KG) then you would feel the following consequences of a 'G' manoevre -
+2 G = 1,600 newtons down into your seat
+1 G = 800 newtons down into your seat
0 G = 0 newtons in either direction, bit like being in space!
- 1 G = 800 newtons UP into your shoulder restraints
- 2 G = 1,600 newtons UP into your restraint.
So really nothing too technical, that (^^^) is as difficult as it gets. (Until you begin combining the above with bank angle, turn radius and speed
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Cheers, Jack.
