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Two things make that unlikely; cars have to grip the road and by the time you're getting close to G limits tires will start to skid and second the forces aren't
by rtkwe 6y ago
Two things make that unlikely; cars have to grip the road and by the time you're getting close to G limits tires will start to skid and second the forces aren't in the right directions. For the former the closest a car gets to the levels that induce G-LOG are Formula 1 cars during braking (~5G) and during cornering (4-6G) [0] so even the highest performing cars out there you're just barely approaching where you might threaten G-LOC. The latter is why I think it won't really happen though because the acceleration is (basically [1]) never vertical like in fighter jets during climbs and turns. The forces in a car are, w.r.t. the human riding, forwards, backwards, and side to side and those directions don't force blood out of the head. Braking gets closest because the feet are furthest forwards but it's not quite the same.
[0] Acceleration is a measly ~2G at peak
[1] To avoid pedantry there is a case but that's on extremely high bank turns that only exist on test tracks really, NASCAR track banks might get close but I don't think get Gs there get high enough before cars break free up into the wall to threaten G-LOC.
- ben7799 6y agoIndy cars IIRC have run into the problem on banked tracks. They did something to slow the cars down and remove the need for G-suits. Indy cars got to around 5G, which is pretty hard to sustain without a G-suit. The 9G stuff in the F-16/F-22 absolutely requires the G-suit and the reclined seat which changes the force vector. I've motorcycled on a NASCAR track, but not a very steeply banked one relative to the superspeedways. Even the lower banking changes the way turns feel in a very dramatic way though.
- lksaar 6y agoThe Firestone Firehawk 600 got cancelled over concerns of g-loc. It had sustained g-loads of around 5. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Firehawk_600 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Firehawk_600
- rtkwe 6y agoSo yeah only really an issue in open wheel cars on the highest banked turns in racing like I was talking about in [1].