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Old 5th March 2007 | 21:42
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ahramin
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The "Vomit Comets" in the US average just over a minute of zero G time. No way to stretch this by 10 times.

This works by flying a parabolic arc. The aircraft pitches up to a high nose up angle then slowly pushes over in a ballistic arc. The zero G starts when the aircraft first pushed over and continues as long as the aircraft continues to push over. Obviously this cannot continue for very long. Once the aircraft is in a steep dive the plane must be pulled up again, and the Gs will be more than one.

If you wanted 10 minutes of zero G time you would have to do this ten times.
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