Blended-wing Airliner

"Marc J. Zeitlin" wrote

I think we can safely say that the rotation won't be any big deal.
It's arguable whether or not a range of 0.56 G to 1.44 G would be any
more objectionable than the G loading felt during turbulence. Since
these types of turn rates would occur pretty infrequently, my guess
would be that this would not be a big deal.

These numbers might need a little massaging to get them to be more
accurate, but they're certainly in the right ballpark. We're NOT
talking about 2 G or negative G's here.

Thanks for putting some real numbers to that. I needed the reality check,
to sorta' prove what I suspected.

The G's are nowhere near a show stopper, as you numbers show. If there was
a problem, there could usually be extra care during the turns to turn more
slowly, and not put extra G's on the passengers.
--
Jim in NC