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Chuck Norris invented G force.
So I am wondering, what and how dose take for a pilot passed out from high G forces to recover, is it seconds, minutes, and is like a light switch or are they foggy?FWIW on my 70 Rover, the Girling calipers required TTY, one time use bolts. Yield is "deformation strength" usually 50% of failure strength, if I remembe from my strenght of materials course...63y ago...
FWIW, aircraft g limits are, depending on type and use, 3.8 for airliners, I think 4.5 for general av, 6-7.33 for fighters until the advent of the F-16 in 1978, designed for 9.0, and protected by a g limiter. (Asymmetric g loads, as in a bank, are lower as the wing with the aileron down is under more stress. )The F-15 Eagle was designed for 7.33, but later extended to 9.0 at lower fuel state, with an increasing pitch warning horn. Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen all 9.0, but the F-18 world wide is a 7.5 g jet. Designed for 9g, but I think the airflow over the tail was causing buffet, leading to...a potential failure. USN is a 7.5G air force: the B vertical F-35, And F-35C catapult version are both 7.5. Only the USAF A model flies at 9G, as does the insuperable F-22 Raptor.
Also FWIW, staying awake at 9.0G is not just 20% more "strain", it is non-linear, and probably 50% more muscular effort...and pain for days after!
He made 10.1 or 10.2 before it flamed out...Tom Cruise ran to 9gs in Top gun Maverick and movies are real.