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Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by IncRnd on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:00PM (#30996824)
That's not true zero-g. In a plane you are experiencing the force of acceleration towards Earth, which is closer to 1G than to 0G.
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Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by sacrosancty on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:16PM (#30996964)
A lot of confusion here probably comes from the fact that g-force is not the same as acceleration. It's apparent acceleration. So 0g in an aircraft is entirely possible. So is 0 acceleration but that's not 0 g, that's 1 g.
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Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by vba616 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @12:32AM (#30998650)
When do people mean anything other than "free fall" by "zero g"?
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Re:Weightless cats – Do space cats land on their feet? (2011... by sandworm101 on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:14PM (#30996946)
I can assure you that while being trained in basic aerobatics we regularly went well beyond the zero-to-one G range.
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