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In real life, this sort of blackout is even more dangerous, as you will die after a few seconds exposed to this condition. AFAIK in IL2 it is only simulated that you not just wake up after you sustained that high Gs for a longer time. |
"In real life, this sort of blackout is even more dangerous"
I disagree. I spent 12 years of my life in the High environment. Few G events result in death ... unless you hit the ground in the "dark phase". Many confuse Blackout with the relatively new phenomena of G LOC they are very different things. What does it really look like ? The first phase is the Greying out phase. This appears as a relatively slow reduction in Field of view and reduction in clarity of vision. A good M1 strain manoeuver can just "Push" the reduced field of vision away...but only as long as you can hold the strain. Increase the G (or sustain it) and eventually you loose vision however for a significant period you can still here and feel what is going on. You can still put control input in ... so a reduction of G is possible and a return to normal vision. You don't just loose the plot. In the case of G LOC the whole process is a lot more rapid with a genuine loss of consciousness. Following a G LOC event the recovery time is significant (30 + seconds). Victims describe this recovery as a period of total dis orientation with little effective aircraft control being possible.So in effect for the entire G LOC period and recovery the aeroplane is in effect pilot less. G LOC is relatively new as it only really came to be talked about with the advent of early relaxed stability fighters (F16,F20 etc.) Early on a number of hard to investigate crashes occurred the most public being the F20 display crash in Newfoundland. After the investigations G LOC became a real phenomena. G LOC in general is a result of large G forces being applied at a rate beyond the human body's capability to counter it. These G onset rates just could not be achieved by most conventional (i.e normal positive stability) aircraft. The advent of computer controlled fly by wire (yes no computer FBW exists as well) allowed relaxed stability. This coupled with computer assistance (G and AOA limiters) allowed incredible G onset rates to be generated with little fear of over stress or structural damage. In a conventional aeroplane you need to "feed" the G on so as not to over stress the aeroplane. With a G limiter you can simply pull hard back on the stick as hard and as fast as you like with little fear of overstress or structural breakup. Couple this with relaxed stability and the G onset rate is eye watering. It is in this area where G LOC lives. Few if any WWII aeroplanes had the ability to generate G at a rate fast enough to induce G LOC. What we see in IL2 is IMO quite well done and represents blackout not G LOC. Even in the IL2 blackout phase some control is possible (trim primarily). Personally I think it takes a little to long to restore normal vision in response to a reduction in G in IL2 but all in all its pretty good. What would G read out bring to IL2 ? Other than in those aircraft that had G meters ? Apart from not being historically correct not much. In a fight (in a non G limiter aeroplane) pilots refer to the G meter to stay within structural limits. You don't generally use the G meter to gauge turn performance. How hard you turn is a function of the BFM problem you have to solve. Target motion across your field of view being a prime cue as to how hard you need to pull. In IL2 structural load limits are not part of the general FM (except in P51). In a G Limiter equipped aeroplane even G limits become a little academic. G meters are used for some short duration manoeuvers like a 4G pull in an air to ground weapons delivery manouever or a 4g pull in certain pitch events (TAC turns etc). Or a sly glance following a limiter pull to see that the limiter really did do its job :) G meters are a fine performance instrument in the world of aerobatics. Or sustained turn demonstrations. My 2Roubles worth |
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