Re: Excess G forces in auto racing

[Bob & Kathie Yeend <ryeend@EARTHLINK.NET>]

The other problem is that the g forces are not perpendicular to the seat of
the driver. Pilots experience cycling from high to low g, but mostly this is
done in balanced flight, so the g force pushes the pilot into the seat, but
not sideways. Executed properly, both a loop and a barrel roll fit this
description, for instance.

bob
former pilot, former physics teacher
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Bob Yeend <ryeend@earthlink.net>


> From: SSHS KPHOX <kphox@MAIL.CCSD.K12.CO.US>
> Reply-To: "phys-l@lists.nau.edu: Forum for Physics
> Educators"<PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
> Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 09:25:32 -0600
> To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
> Subject: Re: Excess G forces in auto racing
>
> PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
> > But I suspect that, even
> > with a g-suit, the repeated cycling from high to low g would give
> > rise to the reported symptoms, especially the nausea reported by
> > several drivers.
>
> This sounds like what happens on the Vomit Comet.
>
> Ken Fox
> AP/IB Physics Teacher
> Smoky Hill High School
> Aurora, CO