[AT] OT Gripen E

Ken Knierim ken.knierim at gmail.com
Sat Dec 2 06:21:47 PST 2017


Very impressive video, aircraft and performance. Thanks Mattias.

I recall doing 3 G's a few years back and it really beat me up. In fact
here's a good clip of someone else in the same aircraft, same area.
I got the flight because I was part of the crew that rewired the bird (a
P-51):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyKI98slUk

Love the sound of a Merlin.

Ken in AZ

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 5:36 AM, Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:

> Ralph, yes, that was the sound of the pilot breathing--and straining
> against the high "G-forces" induced by sharp turns and sudden steep
> climbs.   Some of the exertion is just the physical effort needed to
> control the airplane while the high-G turn is making his arms and legs feel
> really heavy.   But I think most of it is the pilot deliberately flexing
> and straining the muscles in his legs and abdomen to push blood back up
> towards his brain, because the high-G maneuvers tend to push
> everything--including blood flow--down.
>
> Pilots of high-performance aircraft wear pressurized flight suits and
> practice that deliberate muscle straining to maintain the flow of
> oxygenated blood to their brains.   Various YouTube videos about "g-induced
> loss of consciousness" show how rapidly it can occur.  Blacking out isn't
> physically harmful in itself, but it's not hard to imagine why it would be
> a bad thing to happen while flying a plane like that.
>
> Meanwhile, I'm going to use my Super M today to spread some manure on the
> hayfield.  I don't have a G-suit so I'll be careful not to turn too sharp,
> too fast.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On 12/1/2017 7:38 AM, Mattias Kessén wrote:
> > The new Gripen E flying over my old hometown Linköping. They and all
> > other swedish fighter jets are developed and built there so I'm used
> > to hear the thunder. Where I live now I mostly hear the old version
> > passing att maximum speed when someone (mostly russians) gets to close
> to the border.
> >
> > https://youtu.be/jDre5G6eGWM
> > Med vänlig hälsning
> >
> > Mattias Kessén
> That is some amazing video Mattias. I would not want to fly that close to
> the ground. Was that the sound of the pilot breathing? Sounds like it j was
> quite a workout for him.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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