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2013-06-30 Science & Technology
The Unreported Revolution In Air Combat
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Posted by Snakes Chomoger1 2013-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [336072 views ]  Top

#1 Study the exercise regime of NASCAR and Formula Uno. It's all about the neck muscles, with the exception of Litter Dale, who head is made of muscle.
Posted by Shipman 2013-06-30 07:49||   2013-06-30 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 hey now! I have him, Jimmie and Carl in the pool this week, and "litter dale" got the pole.
Posted by Frank G 2013-06-30 09:23||   2013-06-30 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Good for you Frank,, my pick this week is Mad Brad.
Posted by USN, Ret. 2013-06-30 11:11||   2013-06-30 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 "Elite drivers will put up with 4 to 5 G's sustained in a corner for between five and 15 seconds, maybe even 20," says physicist Brian Beckman, a software architect with Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., and an amateur sports car racer. Since 1990 he has authored a series of articles on the physics of racing. "If you weigh 200 pounds, at 5 G's you're being pushed sideways at 1,000 pounds."

G-forces turn racing into weighty experience

So NASCAR is a perfect analogy.
Posted by Punky Hupusomble8914 2013-06-30 11:28||   2013-06-30 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Although the concept is great for immediate requirements, the long-term pull (no pun intended, but accepted) is for remotely-piloted platforms w/computer assist. G-force limitations will increasingly apply more towards airframes + systems and less to pilots - working towards the 89-degree sustained hypersonic bank - (imho)....
Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-06-30 11:43||   2013-06-30 11:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Let's hope we can keep this technology out of Chinese hands for awhile...
Posted by Chuck al ameriki 2013-06-30 12:09||   2013-06-30 12:09|| Front Page Top

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