And it doesn't take 47g's to do it. I once hit an outside
snap-roll in my Pitts at 150 IAS that had a max entry speed
of 110 IAS. What would have been a 4g max maneuver pulled my
hands and feet off the controls, about tore my head off and
pegged the g-meter. The high g load put my lights out
momentarily and all I saw when I came around were little
curlicue's floating in my field of vision for several seconds
and I was in a 65% power vertical dive. It was the first time
I'd tried that maneuver and luckily I had about 6000 feet of
air below me and the wings were still attached. High g loads
can really rattle your cage, especially when they go in the
opposite direction that your body is used to being pulled on
such as a crash or ....an outside snap-roll.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
