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laughing_man 62 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16

As I understand it, the 9g limit is software intended to keep the pilot alive. The jet can do more.

sandworm101 62 days ago | [–]

It can do 10, for a second or two. At 9+g is will be bleeding energy so fast that, in a few seconds, it will be moving too slowly to continue turning like that without stalling.

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