[Jack Hammer]

Anybody know how many G’s this places on the pilot - just in straight, flat trajectory, let alone in turns and dives?

Just curious...

[holden]

At Mach 6 at an 87-degree bank angle, 3g turn probably closes the circle back at your starting point in about two hours; so that'd be a 1/3 of a degree turn per minute.

OK, so I'm only eyeballing that one without using the cackle-ator. Let 'em think we fly SOTP.

Most humans won't like even 3g's for anywhere near two hours' time. The better alternative, as was commonly known from SR-71 days, was just to go around the earth another time, with better planning next time.

HF

[Centurion2000]

Anybody know how many G’s this places on the pilot - just in straight, flat trajectory,

1G .... from Earth. Objects in motion don't have G forces unless they are accelerating or decelerating.