Posted on 02/07/2015 6:44:12 PM PST by icwhatudo
Need info on Blue Angels and G-Force. What do they usually pull?
Its my understanding that
"The Blue Angels are trained to ward off G-forces without the help of G-suits, garments with air bladders that repeatedly deflate and inflate to help maintain blood supply to the brain. The suits' movements would interfere with the control stick between a pilot's legs. "
What is the maximum they can handle? When taking a reporter on a flight, what is the maximum G they would do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Angels
http://travel.thefuntimesguide.com/2008/02/g_force_pulling_gs.php
The pilots can pull about 12 G’s max.
Doubt if they would pull more then 3 to 5 with an untrained person in the back seat.
You mean they don’t wear G-suits???? Wow! I never heard that, I assumed G-suits were a necessity doing what they do.
I never wear a G-Suit.
I have been known to wear a G-String though.
(I am a bass player, so don’t get your hopes up! LOL!) :-)
My Daughter and I were watching an air show in Tulsa. After a while we got tired and found a place to sit on some broken concrete near a hot dog stand.
As we were sitting there, several Thunderbirds drove up in, what else, Thunderbirds. They were wearing just loose fitting coveralls. They bought hot dogs, and immediately drove out to the waiting F-16s.
They ate hot dogs just before flying!
Anything much more than 3-4 Gs would probably get your pax very unhappy and disoriented.
Cockpits are designed to accommodate G suits. They’re not like space suits - more like a set of tight fitting chaps worn over your flight suit. There would be no reason not to wear one. There’s an air hose which you connect to the aircraft when you sit down. The suit has bladders inside it; as the G force increases, the suit inflates and keeps the blood from pooling in the legs. Back off on the Gs, and the bladders deflate.
To some degree, you can counteract the pooling of blood in the legs by tightening the leg and body muscles. It’s called an Anti-G Straining Maneuver (AGSM). Look that up.
>> They ate hot dogs just before flying!
Once you’re used to it, no big deal: Chili, milkshakes, spaghetti, etc. Just make sure YOU don’t try that!
OH FOR JIMINY CRICKETS!!
Whoever informed the author of this inquiry that ‘the pilots don’t wear G-suits ‘because it would interfere with the control of the stick’, must still be flying the last version of a simflight computer gasme!!!!!
The maneuvers that the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds, and ALL military jet pilots perform, are flight school, and, combat maneuvers, to demonstrate the agility of the airframe, which means that they MUST, by military flight regs, wear a G-suit.
Oh, BYW, it is no longer the design G-suit that the pilot standing next to a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, with all the externAL tubibg. It is an extended vest and upper thigh covering, which compresses to keep the blood into the torso and to the head, to prevent blackouts.
Yes, the pilots can pull 9 or more g’s, and yes, with an untrained backseat rider, the G’s will be less. But still, if they offer you a large meal before flying ... take my advice and don’t. It will allow the ground crew an easier time cleaning up that rear cockpit area, from all of your, um, blessings!
I knew a guy that bet a Blue Angel pilot a case f beer that he couldn’t make him throw up. Big mistake. He threw up for several days.
You are what you eat???
Never feed them turnovers!
CC
Not wearing a G-suit cannot help.
That is why I love you.
Your outrage is sadly misplaced, I will leave it at that.
Some Like it Hot!
:-)
(The Ultimate Sax and bass movie)
Favorite prank of pilots giving a Fam Ride to someone ( ie a non flyer out for a spin), is to tell you to “look left”, then break hard right or vice versa when you turn your head. The G force on the middle ear causes immediate and severe vertigo and a prompt emptying of the stomach contents for most people....
They aren’t pulling high sustained G forces during a show.
Blue Angels don’t wear G-suits because the inflation and deflation messes with their control of the aircraft.
How? Their planes are designed to be flown while wearing g suits.
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