On 03/11/2007, Syd&Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking at videos taken by passengers , you can certainly see these forces > ... and as a passenger , I have definately sunk in my seat .... ( no head > springs involved ), so I still use it myself ...
Yes, that's much more realistic, and in fact, it's something we study during flight training -- in a coordinated 60-degree steep, level turn, you pull 2Gs and will feel yourself press very heavily down into your seat (though it's unlikely that you sink more than 1-2 cm). Note, however, that there's *no* sideways force at all if the turn is coordinated -- it's all straight down (plane referenced). If you put a spirit level on the top of the panel in a coordinated turn, the bubble would stay exactly centred. When I descend quickly, say, approaching a runway for landing when I had to clear some trees, I'll feel the opposite effect -- my head will move up maybe .5 cm, and my shoulder will press hard against the shoulder strap for a sec, then I return to normal Gs. All the best, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
