10.03.2009, 22:53
Greetings Davew.
I think I said reference the F20 crash the first "documented" loss due G LOC. I agree Total G held for long enough will also result in loss of consciousness (so will holding your breath
however the G Onset rate to a very high G (mostly 9G in in fighters today) is the single most stand out thing that differentiates between Black out and G LOC.
Regarding the Stuka Automatic recovery system Yes I am aware of it as it was reasonably common on a lot of OKL aircraft Ju88, He177,Do 217 etc as well as others. Not so sure it was there to prevent Blacking out though, need to check my references for design intent and design recovery G... ( I think it was 6G) its all there in my HD somewhere
The Zero book here it is:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchR ... &x=53&y=13
I think I said reference the F20 crash the first "documented" loss due G LOC. I agree Total G held for long enough will also result in loss of consciousness (so will holding your breath
however the G Onset rate to a very high G (mostly 9G in in fighters today) is the single most stand out thing that differentiates between Black out and G LOC.Regarding the Stuka Automatic recovery system Yes I am aware of it as it was reasonably common on a lot of OKL aircraft Ju88, He177,Do 217 etc as well as others. Not so sure it was there to prevent Blacking out though, need to check my references for design intent and design recovery G... ( I think it was 6G) its all there in my HD somewhere
The Zero book here it is:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchR ... &x=53&y=13