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Post by Purrpura Bastette on Apr 8, 2011 17:16:59 GMT -5
That... is... AWESOME.
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Apr 8, 2011 17:29:56 GMT -5
I will never look at a cat the same way again.
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 9, 2011 2:35:26 GMT -5
Reminds me of Pineapple Express.
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Apr 20, 2011 3:40:14 GMT -5
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 20, 2011 9:58:18 GMT -5
Damn that gun is so badass !!
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Apr 20, 2011 10:10:26 GMT -5
The round punching through a steel plate and just keeping on going was incredibly awesome.
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 20, 2011 10:14:31 GMT -5
The round punching through a steel plate and just keeping on going was incredibly awesome. Yeah, they said it could carry on for miles after that. Its pretty incredible.
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 20, 2011 11:02:44 GMT -5
A hypersonic jet, the X-43 is still a prototype which is being designed to reach speeds of up to mach 10.
Meaning this thing will travel twice as fast as a railgun propelled bullet.
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Post by Erik-El on Apr 20, 2011 18:20:53 GMT -5
I was going to ask if it was piloted or not but that video answered my question lol.
Mach 10. Can a human even survive the g-forces generated from that?
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 20, 2011 18:36:53 GMT -5
I was going to ask if it was piloted or not but that video answered my question lol. Mach 10. Can a human even survive the g-forces generated from that? The most a human has survived was 12 g's and that is without a G suit.
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Post by Erik-El on Apr 20, 2011 19:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 20, 2011 19:08:43 GMT -5
It looks pretty legit for Yahoo answers.
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Post by Erik-El on Apr 20, 2011 19:16:43 GMT -5
I wonder how much g-force a fighter jet generates when accelerating up it its max speed.
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 20, 2011 19:21:08 GMT -5
I wonder how much g-force a fighter jet generates when accelerating up it its max speed. Not sure but its probably survivable. The high G's usually come from complex aerial maneuvers and sharp turns.
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Post by Erik-El on Apr 20, 2011 19:24:56 GMT -5
G's or G-force is a measure of acceleration. So pilots experience G's pulling on them when aircrafts take off. You are actually experiencing G-Force right now. 1 G to be exact (assuming you are sitting in your chair and not posting while driving or walking).
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 20, 2011 19:29:50 GMT -5
G's or G-force is a measure of acceleration. So pilots experience G's pulling on them when aircrafts take off. You are actually experiencing G-Force right now. 1 G to be exact (assuming you are sitting in your chair and not posting while driving or walking). Now that would just be silly lol. Seriously though, i doubt a human could survive the acceleration of a vehicle going up to mach 10; unless it was to be a gradual increase in speed and was out of the earths atmosphere.
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Post by Erik-El on Apr 21, 2011 9:21:47 GMT -5
I think you are right. I was thinking that maybe some G-force absorbing device for the vehicle would be better than a G-suit. I actually talked about it once with my physics instructor way back when. He said that having the pilot capsule resting in some kind of liquid solution that is inside the vehicle should lessen the G's on the pilot.
Interestingly enough, I saw the same theory used in a recent Ultimate Iron Man issue where Stark's personal jet employed this same feature and he said they would not even notice the plane taking off.
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Post by yaujtapool on Apr 21, 2011 9:50:09 GMT -5
I think you are right. I was thinking that maybe some G-force absorbing device for the vehicle would be better than a G-suit. I actually talked about it once with my physics instructor way back when. He said that having the pilot capsule resting in some kind of liquid solution that is inside the vehicle should lessen the G's on the pilot. Interestingly enough, I saw the same theory used in a recent Ultimate Iron Man issue where Stark's personal jet employed this same feature and he said they would not even notice the plane taking off. Interesting, at least it shows comics are taken physics partially seriously and implementing scientific explanations.
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Apr 21, 2011 10:38:27 GMT -5
Interestingly I can't find any solid figures on Aircraft acceleration, but I doubt it's really that extreme given that we never really hear them talk about it. The worst acceleration experienced is probably being launched off an aircraft carrier, and I think I've seen somewhere that catapults launch aircraft at a rate of 30 m/s^2, or roughly 3g. (Can't verify)
X-43's max speed is mach 10, that's 12,250 km/h or 3,400 m/s. It was fired from a B-52 which has a top speed of 825 km/h or 230 m/s. Its engine burned for 10 seconds, according to wikipedia. That gives us a change in velocity dV of 3,170 m/s over a time of 10 seconds, meaning the acceleration is 317 m/s^2. Divide that by the acceleration of Earth's gravity, 9,81 m/s^2, and you get 32g. Roughly, I rounded it up a bit. Probably deadly for an normal person.
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Post by Erik-El on Apr 21, 2011 10:57:10 GMT -5
You did the math. Awesome!
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