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Old 01-04-2006, 06:04 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Carn
Fighter pilots (and other pilots as well) routinely pull off 2 G's, and their hearts still pump blood to their brains. It takes much more than 2 G's to keep your heart from getting blood to your brain- more like 6 or 7 G's.
I don't think it's a matter of can or can't, but more of how much work it takes to do so. It would put a lot of strain on your heart to deliver, and if it was weak it could just fail altogether.
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