Taking newbies flying...

No Mort I think you covered it pretty well.

Positive G - your butt is pressing in the seat
Zero G - your butt and your lap belt are not really doing any pressing
Negative G - your lap belt is holding you down - anything not held down
is now floating around - a good way to find lost screws, pens, rivets,
mints, and what your pax had for lunch

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
john smith wrote:

Oops! That's right... zero G's! (Technically, isn't zero-G a -1G
maneuver considering "normal" gravity to be +1G?)



Positive G is what you get when you pull on the yoke in normal flight. Zero G
is what you get when you push on the yoke in normal flight. Negative G is what
you get when you push really hard in no longer normal flight. G

Seriously, 1 positive G is what you're feeling right now sitting in your chair.
Zero G allows you to float. Negative G tries to fling you out of your chair.

Others can probably word this better than I did.