Your standard Man on the Street--not more than 6 G's, that knocks most ordinary people out instantly.
If you are in good shape--8 G's
If you are in good shape and have a flight suit--anywhere from 12 to 15, depending on atmospheric pressure, the direction the G's come from (front to back being easier to resist than lateral or side-to-side).
And while it's been documented that humans can survive hundreds of G's for fractions of a second, anything more than 18 G's for a sustained period of time *will* crush a human brain against the inside of its own skull.
2006-08-18 19:20:43
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answered by Bradley P 7
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Strongest g-forces survived by humans
Voluntarily: Colonel John Stapp in 1954 sustained 46.2 g in a rocket sled, while conducting research on the effects of human deceleration. See Martin Voshell (2004), 'High Acceleration and the Human Body'.
Involuntarily: Formula One race car driver David Purley survived an estimated 179.8 g in 1977 when he decelerated from 172 km·hâ1 (107 mph) to 0 in a distance of 66 cm (26 inches) after his throttle got stuck wide open and he hit a wall.[1]
2006-08-19 01:55:32
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answered by ken473 2
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It depends on what sort of condition your body is in. The more fit you are - the more you can handle (which is why astronauts have to train very extensively and exercise quite a bit in order to survive liftoff and their stay in space). On average, the most a person could handle is 4G's - but to even get to that point you need to be just about launching off the earth.
2006-08-19 01:55:44
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answered by sean_ahlers 2
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sorry like.. 9,
for a very healthy human. that's when a fighter pilot's g-force suit kicks in b/c tunnel vision develops.
What more can i say it's a biological fact
2006-08-19 02:08:03
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answered by Patrick Bateman 3
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not to much more than 9 at least in f-15s and race cars lol ya get tunnel vision in stock cars too. but you over come that. pilots black out
2006-08-19 02:21:23
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answered by mike L 4
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G3 for most
G5 for some
G6 or higher for very few
umm, stay well!
2006-08-19 01:52:35
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answered by vim 5
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