Are cats really that dangerous?
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#225

G forces in a turn are measured radially from the center of the turn. Use the equation below to calculate the radial g force:
A = v^2 / r
where v is your forward velocity, r is the radius of the turn and A is the acceleration (g force).
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you don't need a lot of velocity to have high acceleration changes.... actually in most motorsport cases, high g counts come from sudden decels (wrecks) or sudden directional changes.... not so much from high velocities.
remember a sneeze and cough can generate 2-3 g's...
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I think we can agree that F-1 Champ boats are the most agile racing machines on the planet

The Reno unlimited air racers obviously generate much higher g-loads (um... vector acceleration deltas)in the air, and F-1 cars can pull 6g's on the ground.




