calculating G forces

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vicviper
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calculating G forces

Post by vicviper »

I have a somewhat off topic and apparently simple question, but somewhow I am not doing it correcly... :?

What I want to do is to compute the G Forces (as in fighter planes) from the internal parameters of a rigid body, more precisely, from the previous "T-0.1666" and current "T" velocities. Velocities are in m/s but the time difference between old and current is 1/60 of a second.

I tried several ways of computing it, like simply taking the acceleration "g = (v" - V') / 9.8" , and computing the angle and moving from that, but the numbers I get don't look real to me (they're either too low or too high compared to what I was expecting), so I'm feeling quite depressed :(

any help will be appreciated :)
bone
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Re: calculating G forces

Post by bone »

The equation you gave failed to also divide by the time difference (0.0166667 for 1/60 of a second).