I chose a third of a G on a pretty arbitrary basis -- but you'd agree
that amount is much more noticable in the local vertical direction --
a direct sense of increased weight or more importantly the sense of
growing lighter -- than into the back of the seat as a PX experiences
during takeoff.

My goal was to get a sense of how realistic the issue of Gs induced by
rate of change of bank was, and have concluded (a rebuttable
conclusion) it's not a problem for realistic airplane operations. Your
comments tend to support that.




tarOn Oct 19, 11:32 pm, Jose wrote:
... a px sitting about 20 feet from the centerline
[would] experience a third of a g max.

A third of a g is what the forward acceleration of a jetliner is.

Imagine that vertically, up and down and down and up, as the plane banks
into and out of a turn.

What do building elevators do?

Jose
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