Centrifuge
The Air Force Research Laboratory centrifuge at Brooks City Base, Texas is used by researchers to investigate present and future areas of acceleration and protection. It is equipped with four electric motors producing a total of 1000 horsepower. This can produce a G-onset of 6G per second in the gondola at the end of the arm. It has been used to develop new protective equipment such as pressure breathing systems, advanced anti-G suits and physiological conditioning programs to increase G tolerance and advnced straining techniques that pilots of the new high performance aircraft need to survive and perform in the new high-G environment. (U.S. Air Force photo illistration by Master Sergeants Lance Cheung and Scott Wagers)
Centrifuge
The Air Force Research Laboratory centrifuge at Brooks City Base, Texas is used by researchers to investigate present and future areas of acceleration and protection. It is equipped with four electric motors producing a total of 1000 horsepower. This can produce a G-onset of 6G per second in the gondola at the end of the arm. It has been used to develop new protective equipment such as pressure breathing systems, advanced anti-G suits and physiological conditioning programs to increase G tolerance and advnced straining techniques that pilots of the new high performance aircraft need to survive and perform in the new high-G environment. (U.S. Air Force photo illistration by Master Sergeants Lance Cheung and Scott Wagers)