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by laughing_man 5 days ago
Buy the same token, your car's autopilot can't kill you without even hitting something by making a turn that's too sharp.
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Neither can a jet. An f16 can only sustain 9g for a few seconds even at full burn. That will not kill anyone. They won't be happy, but they will not be dead.
As I understand it, the 9g limit is software intended to keep the pilot alive. The jet can do more.
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.