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What's the acceleration Gs on a jetliner?

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Post June 24th, 2010, 11:03 pm

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I am flying this Saturday and want to know what the acceleration Gs are during the takeoff. Are they as much as launch roller coasters?

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A lot. You go from 0 to about 145 Knots in about 20 seconds.

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Post June 24th, 2010, 11:34 pm
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The acceleration G's are very low. You go from 0 to about 250mph in about 10 seconds, which is 1.14G's. Kingda Ka's acceleration is 1.65G's to put that in perspective.

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Listen to Sauron, he's in the navy
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Originally posted by A113

Listen to Sauron, he's in the navy


How does the Navy have anything to do with the fact that I have a physics degree?

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yeah.. it's not like he's useful.. he's an officer

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The g forces on take off in a jetliner are nothing like what they are on a launch coaster. I fly quite a lot and have been on enough accelerator coasters to say that they are not even close.

The take off in a jetliner is really cool though, like the feeling you would get in a very quick accelerating car, rather than an accelerator coaster.

Post June 25th, 2010, 10:24 am

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They're not as intense as the more intense coaster launches I've experienced in forces (or sense of speed), but there's a good amount of force there and it's sustained for a long time so you really can enjoy it.

Post June 25th, 2010, 12:10 pm
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My old truck accelerated faster then a 747 on take off, at least until I got to 150.
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Post June 25th, 2010, 12:23 pm
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You had a truck that could reach 150? Our old suburban (the real ones that were a modified Silverado, not the new shitty SUV ones) couldn't even hit 90.
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