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Old July 20th 08, 05:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Effects of G-forces

On Jul 19, 10:05*pm, Superdoof wrote:
In the aerobatic movie athttp://www.fulldeflection.com, Svetlana
Kapanina seems to hardly notice the g-forces.

I guess sometimes its +9 and -4 or so, but I can only see her hair go
up and down.

I have watched this film many times (ahh Svetlana !).

Maybe its due to the big seat belts.

Superdoof.


If you watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IOWrkfXDjY

and some of the other flyers you'll see serious Gs being pulled on
their faces. I would not want to see her face distorted, though. Some
people have it all -- brains, beauty, and competence.