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Old 30th Jun 2011, 01:56
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(mumble) 1g (mumble) (mumble)

Grity, Gums, et al.

I presume you are using "1g" as a shorthand for 1g normal to the surface of the Earth, right?

If not I can see a pilot getting into trouble with an indicated 1g acceleration vector that points off somewhere other than straight down in the direction of the Earth's gravity. Worst case, of course, would be 1g straight down regardless of the heading of the aircraft.

My fool head sees 1g with no direction vector and simply cringes.
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