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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:00:37 GMT, Matt Whiting
wrote in :: Larry Dighera wrote: On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:54:35 GMT, Matt Whiting wrote in :: Flight load factor Flaps up = +4.4 G's and -1.76 G's So, in inverted flight a C-172 has only a 76% of a G margin to carry additional G force. That isn't much. Thanks. No, 176% of a G. No. A _margin_ of only a 76% of a G to carry G forces in addition to the one G natural force. When you are pulling negative G, there is no one natural G force. While you are in the vicinity of the Earth, your aircraft is being acted upon by the Earth's one G gravitational force. If you are flying straight and level while inverted, the airframe is experiencing -1G, not 0 G. That provides the remaining 0.76 (76%) of a G of the C-172's negative load factor specification of -1.76 to carry the load of any acceleration that may subsequently occur. It takes -1 G of acceleration to counter gravity and get you to 0 G. Agreed. You can then add -1.76 G of additional acceleration and still be within load limits. That analysis presumes the aircraft is not inverted. The negative G load factor is referenced to 0 G, not 1 G straight and level. Are not both the positive and negative load factors referenced to 0 G? You don't set your G-meter to 0 when you are on the taxiway; you set it to read 1 G, right? We were discussing the negative load that might be encountered during the inverted recovery from a barrel roll, so the earth's gravity would add to any accelerative force while the aircraft is inverted, right? |
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"john smith" wrote in message ... In article , Matt Whiting wrote: When you are pulling negative G, there is no one natural G force. It takes -1 G of acceleration to counter gravity and get you to 0 G. You can then add -1.76 G of additional acceleration and still be within load limits. The negative G load factor is referenced to 0 G, not 1 G straight and level. Is negative G an up force or a down force? I'll disagree, here. Straight level flight, right side up is 1 G Free-fall, so you are not touching the seat or seatbelt is O G Straight level flight upside down, is -1G If the plane is upside down, and pushes up elevator, until a100KG weight weighs 176KG, that is a -1.76 G factor. Not much extra for upside down flight, is it. -- Jim in NC |
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Larry Dighera wrote: We were discussing the negative load that might be encountered during the inverted recovery from a barrel roll If the barrel roll is performed correctly it is a +G maneuver throughout, even while inverted. |
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:18:23 -0600, RomeoMike
wrote in :: Larry Dighera wrote: We were discussing the negative load that might be encountered during the inverted recovery from a barrel roll If the barrel roll is performed correctly it is a +G maneuver throughout, even while inverted. While that may be true, it isn't pertinent to this branch of this message thread: From: "Jim Macklin" Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting Subject: barrel roll in 172 Message-ID: 2SQvg.78944$ZW3.35114@dukeread04 Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:31:05 -0500 The issue is recovery from a botched barrel roll, such as in inverted stall followed by a high speed dive and too strong a pull on recovery. |
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:_aMvg.78918$ZW3.55764@dukeread04... Didn't Lorena Bobbitt say that? Not sure if we've ever seen the entire quote as her post was "snipped." Jay B |
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john smith wrote:
In article , Matt Whiting wrote: When you are pulling negative G, there is no one natural G force. It takes -1 G of acceleration to counter gravity and get you to 0 G. You can then add -1.76 G of additional acceleration and still be within load limits. The negative G load factor is referenced to 0 G, not 1 G straight and level. Is negative G an up force or a down force? It is an acceleration opposite the normal acceleration due to gravity, so it would be downward with respect to the airframe. Matt |
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:00:37 GMT, Matt Whiting wrote in :: Larry Dighera wrote: On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:54:35 GMT, Matt Whiting wrote in :: Flight load factor Flaps up = +4.4 G's and -1.76 G's So, in inverted flight a C-172 has only a 76% of a G margin to carry additional G force. That isn't much. Thanks. No, 176% of a G. No. A _margin_ of only a 76% of a G to carry G forces in addition to the one G natural force. When you are pulling negative G, there is no one natural G force. While you are in the vicinity of the Earth, your aircraft is being acted upon by the Earth's one G gravitational force. If you are flying straight and level while inverted, the airframe is experiencing -1G, not 0 G. That provides the remaining 0.76 (76%) of a G of the C-172's negative load factor specification of -1.76 to carry the load of any acceleration that may subsequently occur. If you had said 76% of a negative 1 G, I'd have agreed with you. :-) Just saying of a G, implies positive 1 G by most conventions. Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote:
It is an acceleration opposite the normal acceleration due to gravity, so it would be downward with respect to the airframe. What about the case of a fighter jet climbing on afterburners at a steep nose-high attitude quickly rolling forward through the horizon to a steep nose-low attitude? Wouldn't the negative G force be considered an upward force with respect to the airframe? -- Peter |
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:21:54 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote in :: Matt Whiting wrote: It is an acceleration opposite the normal acceleration due to gravity, so it would be downward with respect to the airframe. What about the case of a fighter jet climbing on afterburners at a steep nose-high attitude quickly rolling forward through the horizon to a steep nose-low attitude? Wouldn't the negative G force be considered an upward force with respect to the airframe? Of course. |
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In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote: Just saying of a G, implies positive 1 G by most conventions. More accurately, doesn't it depend on your frame of reference? |
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