Interestingly, Musk said that this was going to be for manual driving. I don't see how it would work without a lot of computer input.
0-60 is ~2.7 Gs. yeah. just the thing to nip off to the packie for some smokes with.
space shuttle was ~3 Gs
so stomp on the gas and wham! the G forces knock me unconscious. whats not to like?
Manual driving at 2.7 Gs sounds like a very short hobby.
Reaction time would be your worst enemy and then trying to move your arms, legs and feet as you thought you could under normal driving might be your second worst enemy. Otherwise, your body can take a lot more horizontal g-force than it can vertical. You lose consciousness when the blood leaves your brain so as long as you aren't doing loop-de-loops, you'll be fine.
I remember riding the Rotor at Kennywood when I was younger. You stood against the wall in a cylinder as it rotated you got stuck to it as it rotated faster and faster and then the floor dropped away - it was very difficult just to lift your arm off the wall. That day, I fell in love with physics.
Haha, reading this took me back to my childhood too. I remember pedaling my bicycle as fast as I could down a steep hill, expecting it to take off into orbit. Instead I flew straight into a thick bush of thorns and spent the rest of the day picking them out of my clothes.
But that ride wasnt as good as yours. And a ride that makes you fall in love with physics? Thats the best kind of ride.
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