Mild Aerobatics

In article 7kLKe.239817$x96.9166@attbi_s72,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:


However, I did (and still) wonder about putting that much negative-G on our
34 year old airframe. Without a G meter it's impossible to know how much G
was induced, but I'd say it was 50% more than I've ever done before. (The
only negative G maneuver I ever do is the push-over at the top of a steep
pull-up, known by my kids as an "Up-Down".) Was 50% more too much?



I doubt you had the negative G's you thought you had...

Trained military pilots start 'redding out' at negative 2 to 2.5 Gs and
anything more than negative 1.5 is quite uncomfortable

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI