9-G Spin in U.S. Air Force Centrifuge at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

1. I'm OK throughout and after this experience (some say otherwise)
2. PLEASE see 6-G video first.
3. 9-Gs for 15 seconds is the make or break standard that pilot instructors must endure to teach America's best to become pilots.
4. This is how far an U.S. Air Force photojournalist will go to tell the Air Force story. Combat Aerial Photographers go through this in flight and take dynamic images to show you what it takes for some to serve their country.
5. The relative weight of Master Sergeant Lance Cheung went from 185 to 1,665 pounds.

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[Mysticalseacreature]

@Mysticalseacreature

*rotates, not spins.

My bad.

[Mysticalseacreature]

@LetsFailAtMinecraft

This is a G-force training.

It's given to fighter pilots, since they have to face a lot of Gs while performing aerobatics in their jets.

The person sits in a huge ball thingy, which spins at a very fast speed, thus creating a lot of Gs.

[LetsFailAtMinecraft]

what training is this? i mean what are they on??

[ChibiSmasher]

his HR never exceeds 150.

Hes good.

[sagrzmnky]

@heavyweather It depends on what you are flying.

[futuref22pilot]

@heavyweather Yep! However they do so for very short stints of time. Flying jets and pulling Gs like that is much more dangerous because they usually have a larger turn radius, thus a longer period of time pulling massive Gs. Air race pilots and jet pilots (fighters of course) are true super humans if you ask me.

-Brent

[futuref22pilot]

@heavyweather I believe it. I watched something on the military history channel of a pilot ejecting at speeds upwards of 800mph. He broke pretty much every bone in his body, blood vessels all burst, hearing was lost for a while, and lost his eye sight for weeks. Being that high up and going that fast does stuff many of us could never comprehend.

[heavyweather]

@impulseixi

When you eject out of a plane you experience 15-20g....thats non lethal...would not make any sense after all if you would die ejecting ;)

Where do you get your numbers after all?

[heavyweather]

@futuref22pilot

Pilots are flying over 11 g in airraces.

[heavyweather]

@impulseixi

The highet non lethal was 42,6 g max and 25 g for 1sec - the guy survived.

Maybe even more is possible but people are not trying it anymore these days ;)