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Originally Posted by Zabo
This I doubt; oxygen yes. But if he's pulling straight line acceleration I think he wouldn't be be pulling more than 2G max. It's the deceleration that could kill him and a G suit can't really protect against that as well as it can protect against positive G-LOC. I don't even think he wore a G Suit in the Thrust SSC runs.
EDIT: I stand corrected. After looking up the car his acceleration will probably exceed 2.5G making a G Suit a requirement. The braking system on the car is insane as well, generating probably 3G.
That boy's gonna need a suit for sure. From Wikipedia
"The task of driving the vehicle will fall to the land speed record holder Wing Commander Green, who will lie feet-first in the BLOODHOUND. As the car accelerates from 0-1,050 mph in 42 seconds, he will experience a force of 2.5g (two and a half times his bodyweight) and the blood will rush to his head.
To slow down, airbrakes will deploy at 800 mph (1,300 km/h) and parachutes at 600 mph (970 km/h). As he decelerates, experiencing forces of up to 3g, the blood will drain to his feet and he could black out. He will practice for this in a stunt aircraft, flying upside-down over the British countryside."
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I wonder why they couldn't use a PASG for this. Pneumatic-Anti-Shock-Garment. Its basically a big pair of pants that inflates like a blood pressure cuff. They could artificially elevate his blood pressure in the upper half of his body, which would fight the tendency to pass out on deceleration. I mean, it wouldn't have to be much. Just increase the blood pressure 10-20 mmHg or so.
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