Hey Chris,
Now you're on the right track. One "G" is the gravitational acceleration
that the Earth is exerting on you right now. It's a measure of
acceleration, not speed (velocity). So your OM-PC experience a mild,
positive G force (acceleration) when you propeled it into motion, reached a
stable velocity (0 Gs in the direction of travel), then experienced a sudden
and dramatic negative acceleration when the desk slowed it down.
(Naturally, the Earth was constantly exerting its 1G throughout but I assume
it was in a different direction.)
As the expression goes, "It wasn't the *fall* from the 13th floor that
killed Charlie, it was the sudden *deceleration* at the pavement."
Chris said,
At the risk of starting 'nuther thread by the aviators 'monst us, I thought
the 5 G's was the speed at which it hurled toward the desk, and that once
it reached said point it was going at 0 G's. On the other hand, they
create weightlessness when training future astronauts by causing the plane
to drop suddenly, so maybe it was going at 0 G's until it hit the desk???
Lama
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