What does it feel like to "pull G's" in a fighter jet?

Question

Details? Anyone know?
Also, are there particular types of training pilots go through to deal with this aspect of flying?

Answer 1

Ever ride a rollercoaster? On the bottom of hills where your body feels like its 500 pounds, thats what "G's" feel like. G-force is the force of gravity felt on your body, for instance say you weigh 150 pounds, and you pull very tight and fast turn which generates 4-G's, the force of gravity would be 4 times that of normal, so your body would feel as if it weighs 600 pounds. Fighter pilots can experience around 8-9 G's if not more during very fast maneuvers, they wear special pressure suits called "G-Suits" which physically pushes the blood that is being drained from your brain back up there. There is also a special breathing technique which they must learn in order to avoid blacking out.

Answer 2

I once rode in the backseat of an F-16D ( it's a 2-seat F-16 for training). I got the opportunity while in the Military.


It makes your body feel very heavy. It is difficult to move and sometimes breathe. It varies in magnitude in relation to how sharp a trn is being made and how fast you are travelling.

Physical conditioning decreases the fatigue. Implementing Special breathing techniques during the turn reduces the chances of passing out .

Some roller coaster rides can impart a similar feeling. Just alot less dramatic.

Answer 3

Depending on how many Gs are being pulled, it feels anywhere from a mild push back into the seat to an elephant sitting on your chest! Fighter pilots wear a G suit to help keep blood pushed up into the body to keep them from passing out. With out it, the blood flows to the arms and legs and the brain gets starved for oxygen. This causes a pilot to pass out.

Pilots go through flight testing to see if they can handle the Gs. Some can not, they get motion sickness.

Answer 4

in lower latitudes G force is offset by centrifugal force and the equitorial bulge. G's feel the same in a plane as they do a rollercoaster. wether negative or positive they either make you feel you weigh more than you do or lighter(weightlessness).
postive G's make you feel lighter than you are and negative G's make you feel heavier. an easy way to think of it is this:
if you feel a positive force of 2 G's then you should feel like you are floating. likewise if you feel a negative 2 g force and you weigh 100 pounds then 2 negative G's make you feel like you weigh 200 pounds. any less easy explanation and we are doing physics

Answer 5

like you're gonna pass out