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My trip to the Centrifuge

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Dustin.
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Video from my first trip to the Centrifuge for my initial T-38 qual. The T-38 profile isn't too bad, the F-16 and F-15/F-22 profiles are twice as long and you sustain a minimum of 3 G's the whole time. I didn't have trouble with it like some of the skinny or weak guys, but you can still watch me make some funny faces!


Jun 10 2012 12:46PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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That got up to 7 g's pretty damn quickly, my goodness.
Jun 10 2012 12:59PM
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Dustin.
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Ya the warm ups are a 0.1 G per second onset, the 6 G profile is 1 G per second, and the 7.5 G profile is 6 Gs per second. They ease you into it and expose you to different pulls to help you practice.
Jun 10 2012 1:01PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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ha that was cool
Jun 10 2012 1:02PM
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gwhitey
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that was interesting
Jun 10 2012 1:03PM
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2_fadez
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Thats sick
Jun 10 2012 1:12PM
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SKI.ING
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Wow, that was cool and interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Jun 10 2012 1:14PM
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HorsecockTony
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My cat used to make that same cah! noise..
Jun 10 2012 1:26PM
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maximiliaan
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hahaha wat! so sick that your face actually gets pulled behind
Jun 10 2012 1:27PM
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Dustin.
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My face actually doesn't change much compared to other guys! Some people instantly gain 40 years, it's crazy.
Jun 10 2012 1:36PM
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Dragonite.
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I lost you after F-16, but that was sick nonetheless
Jun 10 2012 1:52PM
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Cotter
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that was awesome!
Jun 10 2012 1:55PM
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miroz
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Wow dude, that's fucking sick. This is the training, right? How long till you're done and ready to start cruising around?

Also...they allow you to have / release this video? I would've thought they'd be a little more secretive about this stuff.
Jun 10 2012 2:14PM
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Dustin.
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This is the beginning of the second half of training. I'll start flying again in about 2 weeks. There's nothing secret about G's. Every plane in the world can pull them if you try hard enough.
Jun 10 2012 2:22PM
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Dustin.
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Here's a hilarious video of some noobs I grabbed off Youtube.


Jun 10 2012 2:26PM
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miroz
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Hahahahaha you did so much better than they did.

How long till you can put your GoPro on the nose of one of these jets and take some badass POV?
Jun 10 2012 2:50PM
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gwhitey
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hahaha that was great ^
Jun 10 2012 2:53PM
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californiagrown
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sounds like heavy deads and squats would prepare you quite well for this.
Jun 10 2012 2:56PM
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NinetyFour
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Sick man, rock that hick tecnique! Glad to see your progressing well. What kind of exercises are you doing to stay on top of things? Hoping to get into a citabria/decathlon this summer.
Jun 10 2012 3:02PM
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Zimmerman
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very cool
Jun 10 2012 3:09PM
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chicken
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we have a fighter pilot on NS?

that's badass. Tell us if you ever get into an f-22 or an f-35
Jun 10 2012 3:13PM
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Dustin.
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That's the dream, we'll see in November.  If I ever got into something like that I'd be filming GoPro stuff every day though!

G's are best tolerated by squeezing ass and abs.  Quads and Hamstrings also help a ton.  Frankly I'm in pretty good shape, but you can see what happens if you aren't.

Jun 10 2012 4:44PM
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