[simpits-tech] Simulating g

[Chris Woodul]

Hi Brian,

I actually really enjoy watching the group solve many of these problems with
much ingenuity!
I wish I had more time to sit and write, but by the time I come home each
day I am just drained...
Tonight in fact I am re-assembling a Real Martin Baker F/A-18 Ejection seat
from my collection in my living room....It has been dis-assembled for almost
a year and I have a large airshow to put it on display this weekend. If you
can imagine, my wife is not pleased about all this metal scattered about
around the living room ( I am taking a great marital risk!)
Normally I really enjoy this, but I am so run down from a trip I took last
week and the presentation we gave today at work that its kind of a
chore...but it HAS to be done by Friday.
This group is facinating to watch for me, and in the end, I am the same as
the rest of you becuase before I was in this bussiness, I was a homebuilder
and I still am to this day. I am about the passion that makes us stay up
late, I am about the maney we blow on Ebay or shipping or telephone
calls....I am about the satisfaction when its 4 in the morning and you sit
back and look at the masterpiece that you just created (I am not about
trying to explain to my wife why I do it though)
Luckily I work in the dreamland of all CAD design and CNC machining, and I
have a very sympathetic boss...he is building four full size F-16's 1 to 1
scale ( Joab you gotta come see this) the first fuselage was mated together
last week. My boss is doing this as a self funded project, he wants to keep
one and sell the other three to fund the keeper. His keeper will be painted
up in Thunderbird colors and parked in the front of the building during the
day ( yes he is insane like us all)
This replica will feature a fully rendered cockpit and will be on its
landing gear.
To all the passionate problem solvers on this forum, my hat is off to you.
Every day I see fantastic energy and creativity with you all,,,keep it up.
Thanks,

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Sikkema" <hangr18@hotmail.com>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Simulating g


> Hey Chris,
>
> I'm definitely sympathetic to your business, no doubt. But I'd suggest, if
> you ever get the spare time, that this would make a great addition to the
> simpits.org article section!
>
> Actually, come to think of it, there's a lot of good ideas and information
> floating around on this list that could stand to be written up and
> imortalized! Be nice to start filling out the simpits webpage some more,
it
> seems like the list is becoming the repository for all information. It's
> great at the time, but when you're trying to figure out a solution to a
> problem you KNOW someone's already solved, it'd be nice to just jump over
to
> the articles section rather than prodding around the list archives! :)
> Anyway, just my two bits, pipe dream or not.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Chris Woodul" <crewstation1@charter.net>
> Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Simulating g
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 18:23:07 -0500
>
> Hi Justin,
>
> IF you pulled the stick aft your straps actually loosen, as you are pushed
> down into the seat, your straps tighten upon NEGATIVE G on the aircraft.
> G seats work by a combination of strap tighting and eye point changing, as
> well as seat pan "hardening"
> Give me a call and Ill walk you thru the practicalites of G cueing seats.
> I would type more on this ( and many other problems I see listed here
every
> day) but I dont have the time or patience to always type it all out.
> I just gave presentation to Link today along with our partners Cranfield
> Aerospace in the UK on our G cueing solution....the science and
engineering
> involved is indeed extremely complex.
>
> Chris
>
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