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They’re a titanium and carbon fiber dagger. They’re so advanced that if their on-board locator is switched off even our own satellites can lose track of them. They’re the first military aircraft ever built that is equipped with a “black-out button”. What that means is this. The best conditioned fighter pilots are capable of maintaining consciousness up to in the vicinity of 15+ G. The Raptor is capable of making 22+ G. turns. If some day an adversary builds a missile that is capable of catching up to one of these airplanes and a Raptor pilot sees that a strike is imminent, he hits the “B.O.B.” and the airplane makes a virtual U-turn, leaving the missile to pass right on by. They know that in the process he’ll temporarily lose consciousness, so the Raptor then automatically comes back to straight and level flight until he wakes back up.
If some day an adversary builds a missile that is capable of catching up to one of these airplanes...
They know that in the process he’ll temporarily lose consciousness, so the Raptor then automatically comes back to straight and level flight until he wakes back up.
Originally posted by Canada_EH
It is a interesting idea thats been around for awhile to do something like this but the problem isn't if the body can handle 17g but how quickly the pilot can recover and take control again before the next possible missile comes streaking in.
Originally posted by Canada_EH
reply to post by FredT
Isn't true that setting Auto Pilot on some commercial aircraft will do the same thing?
Static loads testing on Aircraft 3999 begins after the airplane is placed into a static testing fixture. The fixture allows loads to be applied to various parts of the airplane at varying degrees to test its structural strength under highly controlled and closely monitored conditions. Generally, these loads are applied to simulate loads experienced in actual flight.
In steps, the static test article is taken to the aircraft's load limit first; that is, the design limit of the structure. In the 'ultimate test' the structure will be taken to 150 percent of its load limit. Successful completion clears Aircraft 4003 to demonstrate maximum loads in flight.