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Originally Posted by oldE
Glen,
The G forces which most affect fighter pilots are experienced through a vertical plain. The pitch up of the nose (either in a climb or to turn hard) sees the blood supply try to remain on its original path and head to the legs. The G suit tries its best to overcome this. The effects may be felt for a few seconds at a time for perhaps five minutes of combat.
F1 drivers biggest problem is the lateral G forces experienced for perhaps 20 to 30% of a lap over a period of between one and a half to two hours. Imagine lying on your side and having sixty or eighty pounds hanging from your head for a half hour. Might be fatiguing.
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Les
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No doubt at all, the neck strain of a F1 driver is off the carts and those guys are tough athletes. But they are driving at the peak of car evolution. I remember one designer was playing with designing a car on a computer with unlimited budget, and all the bells and whistles modern technology had created, and no rules to restrict him. So active aero, active suspension, traction control, ABS and as much power as possible to make. They figured it would be so fast as to make it deadly or at least harmful to the driver.
I guess the other difference in F1 drivers and fighter pilots is no one ever is trying their best to kill you with air to air missilies, bullets, and surface to air missiles.