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.

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:42:37 GMT, Robert Chambers
wrote:

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

Ahhh...Negative G is when all that stuff you lost on the floor is now
stuck to the ceiling. (Including the dirt) And your sinuses plug up

Zero is when every thing floats around (including the dirt) And your
sinuses plug up. If it last very long you have to push to keep your
feet on the rudder pedals. The natural rest position for our arms and
legs in zero G is not the same as when sitting in a chair.



Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

You forgot dirt in the eyes.

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:42:37 GMT, Robert Chambers
wrote:


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

GeorgeC