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Originally Posted by spearfish25
The 8G estimate seems very low. F-16 fighter planes pull a constant 12Gs and the pilots have no vascular injuries...they just pass out if not wearing G-suits.
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F-16s are 9G aircraft, and only in the proper configuration. You can youtube "G-LOC" to see what Gs can do to you in a sustained maneuver, but they are aren't hitting 12G... the on board computers prevent it. In a car accident however, you need to worry about the VERY high spikes in G load. A rapid (and brief) onset of 9G isn't a game ender... you MIGHT pass you (depending on the direction of pull), but the thing to be concerned with is the very high peak Gs experienced with a car crash. G forces that are perpendicular to the spine are much more survivable than those that are parallel to it.
Sorry to revive this thread... just thought I'd chime in.
