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Old 05-17-2019, 10:42   #1583
tonyz
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Originally Posted by doctom54 View Post
Congratulations to him.

I was in the Centrifuge 3 times and never liked it.

As an aside when the USAF adopted the F-16 they had to rebuild the centrifuges. The centrifuges up to that time would reach the 9Gs which the F-16 is limited to (because of the pilot not the airframe). However, the F-16 when clean will pull 3g/sec. In other words you can go from 1G to 9Gs in 3 seconds.
He didn’t enjoy it either - very happy to get that evolution behind him.

Damn...”1G to 9Gs in 3 seconds !”
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