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Could you submerse a human in a tank of water? I've heard that acceleration in water will be experienced as water pressure.

That would be pretty bulky and costly to include in an aircraft cockpit, but I wonder if it would solve the G-force problem.

I'm not sure if this would actually be better, though. 7 Gs of acceleration would be experienced as 7 bar pressure, equivalent to water pressure at 60 meters underwater, which is quite deep. Rapid changes in pressure between 1 bar and let's say 7 bar would probably be more uncomfortable to experience than regular G-forces.




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