if pilots were in a liquid filled cockpit,would they feel g force?

Answer 1

Yes, the same forces would apply. However, the water might make it feel like less force for two reasons:

1. You weight less in water to begin with. So even with added G's would multiply your weight, but they'd only multiply your relative weight in the water.
2. The water pressure pushing in on your body helps to stop blood from from all draining to your extremities, which is the problem with severe g-froces that make pilots pass out.

Before you apply for any patents for scuba-diving jet pilot fighters, remember that water reduces visibility, causes distortions, destroys electronics, weighs a lot, and suffocates people.

Also, pilots who are subjected to extreme g-forces already wear liquid-filled "pressure suits" that squeeze their body all over to help minimize the blood drain.

I'm linking to an excellent article on the history of innovations used to help pilots overcome extreme accelerations.

Answer 2

Let's consider flying straight and level. If there were a small amount of liquid, it would feel the same as sitting in a bath. If a large amount, it would feel like floating in a swimming pool. I suppose you'd like to assume the cockpit is water tight, so they don't have to sit in a container and can reach the pedals.

I f you want to feel positive g, get into a nice steady dive and pull the stick back. If you perform a nice smooth loop, the water will be forced towards the floor of the aeroplane, even when it's up side down, so all the way round the loop, the water will remain between the waist and feet of the pilot.

I think the part of his body under water will feel the support of the water and feel less g than in a dry cockpit. The part of his body out of the water should feel the same as usual.

Now for negative g. That's the one where you push the stick forward and keep on pushing - the manoeuvre in which delicate pilots deliver their tea, lunch and breakfast in that order.

Outside loops are rough on aeroplanes, so let's assume the wings don't fall off. The water will be forced towards the canopy, so let's assume that doesn't break. The pilots head and shoulders will be in the water and his lower body will be dry. He'll probably be more worried about drowning than the g forces.

Answer 3

Difficult to answer as there are certain factors you would have to address. For example the liquid cockpit would have to be completely airtight and because of physics would have to be globe or ball shaped, the liquid would have to be more than just a liquid, it would have to have the consistency of syrup or gel.

The reason for this is not so much G-force but inertia. inertia is the movement in a direction opposite of that, that you are travelling, for example. when you are in a car and stamp on the gas pedal you are pushed back into the rear of the seat even though the car is going forward, comparatively, when you then take your foot off the gas and put it on the break pedal you are thrown forward as the cars motion is in effect being reversed. This is the force of inertia. This is what the likes of Star Trek are talking about when they talk about inertia dampeners.

The reason that the cockpit would have to be globe or ball shaped is the liquid/syrup or gel will find a path of least resistance, any air-space will be filled by the slushing of the liquid and that in turn could cause the craft to go off course.

A very interesting question, I hope you find the answers just as interesting.

Answer 4

Perhaps. G-induced blackout is caused by lack of blood in the brain. Pilots were pressure suits that are pressurized to force the blood up into the brain.

However, the g-suit is relatively light. A cockpit full of water at 9 g's would add to the g-stress on the body that a pressure would not have. It would be equivalent to having nearly a ton of weight on your entire body, not a pleasant feeling, I'm sure.

Answer 5

No, but it doesn't mean the pilot will escape all harm. If you take a clear plastic water bottle with something it, and smash the water bottle, the object inside will not shake violently. However, for that brief moment of shock, the water pressure increases dramatically. You won't notice is since water doesn't visibly compress.

For your pilot it is like suddenly being in water at a depth of hundreds of feet in under extreme G loads. The air in is lungs would get crushed. Other injuries similar to deep sea diving accidents may appear.

Answer 6

If they had gone over to the darkside then the force would be with them, but it would be dark force.. If they are a Jedi it would just be the force.. .G-Force only affects humans, humans who lived in liquid are called mermaids/men they do not feel G-Force in the same way as they live beneath the sea and are used to pressure below the sea anyway.

Hope this helps

Answer 7

Yes.

Your brain is in a liquid filled cockpit, and yet it feels the acceleration during a car crash.

There are three crashes in a typical car accident. The car hitting ... whatever, the occupant hitting the car or the seatbelt, and the brain hitting the inside of the skull.

Answer 8

I read ahead on this question and I would agree with Dave the Wookie. Get familiar with the Laws of Newton, but I will add this--those pilots experience a G(ee) factor ANY time they're up there riding around in a multi-million dollar killing machine, and they damn sure deserve the priviledge.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

They sure would,it would be exactley the same, but unless it was a super strong aircraft, the plane would probabley, break up due to the stress ! in a high g force loading. All the extra g loading on one local point.