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Old 10-03-2003 | 07:10 PM
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6 Gs at launch sounds painful to me
Old 10-03-2003 | 09:54 PM
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A 1.9 60' is 1g average acceleration, so their average is only about 2.5 g's. But the instanteous g's on launch is probably higher.

Or is my math off?
Old 10-03-2003 | 10:06 PM
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With a .8 sec 60' that equates to an average of ~6g's. That's gotta take its toll after a while.




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