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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 เม.ย. 2018
- Thanks to the Starrship team for arranging this! I'm also over on their channel, flying with the Blades: • Tom Scott explains G-F... • At the Royal Air Force training centrifuge in Farnborough, pilots learn how to avoid G-LOC: g-induced loss of consciousness. Let's talk about g-force, about jerk, and about how to keep circulation flowing to your brain.
FAQs:
* Isn't 3.6g a really low g-tolerance? *
Yep. Turns out I would not qualify to be a fighter pilot. The average range for g-tolerance is 4-6; no-one was expecting me to pass out. The centrifuge team do not deliberately try to G-LOC people! To be fair, though, I'd done a few earlier runs with only minor effects.
* What g was the RAF person at the start pulling? *
That's Marcus, from the Starrship team, and he was successfully pulling 6.5g with the help of g-trousers: they plug into a compressed air source in the plane (and in the centrifuge) and act as a lower-body tourniquet to keep the blood up top. They are very effective.
* Why did you shake and shudder when regaining consciousness? *
Those are called "myoclonic convulsions", which is a fancy medical term for "muscle jerks", and they're a common side effect of recovering from G-LOC.
* What did it feel like? *
I'll answer this in more detail in a video over on the Matt and Tom channel soon, but in short: I don't remember it. I was doing the breathing maneuver, then everything was wobbly, then we were stopped!
* Is this a sponsored video? *
No: the RAF and Starrship had no editorial control over this, and no money changed hands. Obviously, though, they gave me a spin in the centrifuge, and I'm collaborating with them over on their channel too!
THANKS TO:
The RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, the Starrship team, and the folks at Qinetiq.
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If you have questions (what did it feel like? why did you convulse? isn't 3.6g a really low tolerance?) pull down the description, I've answered a few there! And if you see someone ask a question that's in the description, please point them there.
Tom Scott Don't think we need a description, the thumbnail says it all ;)
taffyjock1 So... it felt like a particularly comical orgasm?
Did you have any lingering effects from the G-LOC the following hours or days? This seems like it would be quite a shock, mainly for your brain.
Did you slowly feel yourself dropping out of consciousness or did it happen all of a sudden? You mentioned that your vision started to grey out, but can you pinpoint the moment you lost consciousness or is it more of a blur?
Tom Scott the perfect thumbnail just like succ
*RESURRECTS*
*B L I M E Y*
James 🤣🤣🤣
Thats so brittish
Killed it.
I laugh for like 10 minutes
British Sekiro
(wakes up in coffin)
*B L I M E Y*
British to his core.
(travels back in time, kills his mother, instantly voiding his own existence)
*b l I m e y*
*_Astronomia Intensifies_*
What a night
I’m the 4000th like 👍👍😁
I love how he just goes "PAH ,,,, puh , ᵖᵘʰ" and fuckin dies
I can’t breathe xD omfg
I cry-laugh every time
It’s kinda horrible to watch because that’s exactly how it feels when I pass out 😭
3:26
LULE
Funny that Tom was deathly afraid of roller coasters, but hopped right into this thing designed to drain the blood out of your head.
I think it's the same with what I got, I'm mortified of rollercoasters, but this has multiple redundancy systems and you are being constantly watched over to make sure ur ok, so that kinda makes it feel allright
@@MrShadowCZEI mean it’s the same with roller coasters. There are countless failsafes
@@voiddcxi2630
Rollercoasters have soooo many redundancies… The following might sound a bit cruel, but after every accident (which are rare occurrences), the safety will only improve.
A short list of safety measures.
- Of course you have restraints keeping you in place on a ride. The thing that keeps it in place is the same thing that holds airplane flaps together. And… guess what? Every restraint has two of them.
- Furthermore, a restraint can only let you go once it received an electric charge in the coaster’s station.
- There are clearance codes. If there’s a chance you might hit something on a ride, because you’re tall, you will not be allowed to ride. I believe designers take the upper 95% of male height and add an extra few centimeters for good measure.
- Height limits in different parts of the train can differ. Up front, you get pushed into things and at the back, you get pulled over things. In the middle, the Gs are tamest.
- Coasters use block sections. Two trains cannot be on the same block section at once. There are many sensors on coasters to determine the position of a coaster train.
Except once you start you can't stop it. That could be scary for people.
@@jarmoliebrand2005 exactly
I think saying ‘blimey’ after you were resurrected from the dead is one of the most british things to ever do
Xavier Rodriguez did you not read the comment 🤦♂️
I died of laughter ☠️☠️
Xavier Rodriguez means something like “oh my god” in a british way
I thought where the airforce doctor saying that losing consciousness whilst flying a plane is a "real problem" was an even more classically British understatement
Harry potter
*arrives at heaven* 🇧 🇱 🇮 🇲 🇪 🇾
How do you make the text like that?
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With stylish text and name app
Ppls reveal ur secret formula
How
“The human body is an incredible thing”
the human body - *falls from standing upright and head hits the ground, dead*
also the human body - *casually vibes with 5Gs of force*
Then my head hit the wall, BOOM
Tbf, any animal would die if they have their head hitting the groud with enough force
well vibing with 5Gs of force doesn't have to inolve the brain slamming into the skull
@@iamthinking2252_ very true
It seems the oldest and truest threat to all human life is slamming in one form or another
Being slammed into something or having something slam into you…
*gets a virus*
*heats up enough to kill virus, and also self*
Tom forgot to lock in
*temporarily "dies"*
*wakes up*
"B L I M E Y"
😂😂😂😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
What does it mean ?
ps : i'm french
Goukimaster basically another word for ‘oh my god’
Stolen
Y u gotta steal
*practically dies*
*wakes up*
*stares at his soul being sucked back into his body*
"B l i m e y!"
Still dead
A true brit.
im crying 😂😭
Oh, hey there.
*g lock in itself is not dangerous* 🤣
F1 drivers pulling 2G to 5G for 2 hours straight. Mad respect
5 g while braking, 2 g while accelerating, and 4 to 6 g while cornering
Because they wear an anti G suit therefore they only feel a small amount of that G force
Some even pull 51g when they get too close to Hamilton
@@bimpa1568 didn’t Carlos Sainz experience 62Gs in Sochi 2015? Correct me if I’m wrong
@@SW-8228 Idk, probably. You know more than me on that one
Tom Scott: Debilitating fear of rollercoasters
Also Tom Scott:
My g force tolerance is when I stand up to fast and pass out
I see that you are a fellow low blood pressure person as well.
Hi big fan
@@villagernumber7882 im high blood pressure so anything that happens makes me die
me 😔
This is too relatable
3:30 when then sloppy toppy too good
I wanna ask so bad but I'm scared.
@@pamelah1220 ..?
@@pamelah1220 what
@@pamelah1220 Do you not know what sloppy toppy is?
@@kaylons I don't. It sounds questionable.
The highest momentary g-force ever survived was *214 g* when Kenny Breck crashed his IndyCar. At 69kg, he momentary weighed over 14.7 metric tons.
*214g*
*2*
*1*
*4*
@@bigsweatyboy1 what
3:30 when the sloppy toppy too good
Stolen
Does that mean what I think it means?
British people literally see Satan and be like:
“Odd looking bloke that one innit?”
`es rather schtewpid innit
Lmao Tom has the opposite English accent
don’t change the like anount
I don't know anyone British who talks like that
Blimey
*Loses Soul*
*Goes to Heavens Doors... Gets pulled back to his body*
BLIMEY! ✅🙂
3:30
@@denvertikky4088 Shut up.
@@Kreptic?
@@Kreptic Who pissed on your cerial honey?
@@rustyinfinity731 No u
off topics:
as an F1 fans, I really hope that non-fans can now understand how incredible those drivers are to constantly fighting those G-force while racing in 50-70 laps per race not including free practice, qualifying or even crash that can make they face 20-50G per impact.
yet they say, f1 is not a sport
Absolutely. But luckily they are very very short bursts of acceleration when they crash
Humans have a much greater tolerance for lateral g than vertical g.
That cant be good for the human body
Vertical and lateral G's are not the same. Not saying F1 is easy, but when i ate 5G's in an edge540, i felt my brain pressing on my skull.
"I lost everything there"
CHECK HIS PANTS
@BU i miss the internet when it was human
@@VeryImportantPals r/woooooosh
@@VeryImportantPals r/wooooosh
Does anyone remember what perry's comment was all about...?
@@kostaschousianiths6076 I'm wondering
It's scary seeing him pass out that way and then recalibrate
Yes, there are videos of fighter pilots G-locking in the centrifuge at 7 G's or above and sometimes they have big seizures where they flail their limbs, it's not nice to see... but they recover very quickly and seem fine afterwards.
BLIMEY
hard to watch tbh...
FelixEA how?
Recalibrate. Hhaha. He's not a computer programme... I don't think.
Blud didn't lock in hard enough.
This proves how good of an athlete a F1 driver is. They reach up to 6G under heavy breaking corners.
And they are under extreme heat at the same time if I remember correctly..
@@Masterpouya AND they piss their pants. Can't forget about that.
Could help 'em deal with the aforementioned heat, though...
That's why Schumacher Junior crashes, he doesn't clench he buttocks
@@cheshirecynic3061 Not really, urine is "held" at body temperature, so it really wouldn't do much...
@@Chzydawg Incorrect. Water has phenomenal heat dispersal. Have you never pissed your pants and noticed how quickly it went from feeling warm to cold?
*passes out* - *wakes up* ''BLIMEY''
*Point out what's obviously funny* - *Get hundreds of likes* "BLIMEY"
💀
*BLIMEY!*
Jack Kemp I can’t tell if this is hate?
I'm reading this at 3 am and I just burst out laughing
3:32 Dude temporarily aged like 50 years in a fraction of a sec
Ikr xD
HAHAHA
His face melted
Was almost like in the Indiana Jones haha
@@GrabiBoi13 Nice Reference
Seeing you pass out then regain consciousness was a trip! Your facial expression told us everything we needed to know!
3:24 Dude turned himself into Saul Goodman. 😂
into Gaul soodman
Those weren’t “muscle jerks”, that was his soul entering back into his body.
No.
losing consciousness isn't dying
Lassa Fever Youre teaching me _so much_
@@amnesiagrunt2356 kinda
Lassa Fever r/whoosh
My phone pulled 4G all the time. Beat that!
In 2021 I can do 5G
@@Trench303 mine can do 9g
69g
@@Wade_Fucking_Wilson nice
Sean Worrall 😂
Super strong of you to live through this for our interest. Thank you!
“I’m getting a little bit of grey out.”
“I can’t quite see.”
“Ah.”
B L I M E Y
That had me in tears 😭 🤣
@@DrakeOola I love it when the British say, 'Blimey!' 😂😂😂 Y'all make my day!
Literally in tears 😂
3:30 when her head game is too good
Ok buddy kids are watching this video
@@frosty1865 Kids aren't gonna understand that
@@somedude4122 actually yea but still not cool to talk like that, really shows what kind of a person you are *cough* dirty minded *cough*
@@frosty1865 Jokes are fine. They're good. A bit crude, yes, but fine nonetheless.
@@somedude4122 Yea but this "joke" is inappropriate and I don't see how anyone can find it funny
What this guy does for science and audience... we should be thankful!
3:32 dude turned into Saul Goodman
I like that they had to add the “voluntarily” clause to that world record. What poor soul was yeeted into oblivion at 26 gs?
I read somewhere in the comments that a guy had survived 200-something g's in a car crash
somethingeasy toretain that’s a big number, but this is the sustained g-forces record
@@somethingeasytoretain1116 yes but that is during a fractiin of a second
Blood wont have time to move around
Really impressive that that guys body held together tho
Yeeted into oblivion...
Genius choice of words😂
yh think wad a nascar crash..
Tom: *litteraly dies for a couple of seconds*
Also Tom: "01000010 01101100 01101001 01101101 01100101 01111001"
@Francisco A G My guess too.
Yup it blimey
blimey
Or is it "Blimey"?
It’s x æ 😂
Nicely done. I enjoyed doing the training some years ago and participating in several studies on the centrifuge. It’s definitely a physical test and fatigue is important especially as the onset is quite limited so runs are quite long.
Hardest was getting to 7.4g with the old anti g trousers and lots of effort on the stain manoeuvre. The typhoon anti g suit with pressurised breathing system made 9g a doddle by comparison!
What do you mean by "especially as the onset is quite limited so runs are quite long."?
1g/sec onset. So a 9g run would last 30+ seconds with a 15sec plateau at 9g.
More modern facilities can achieve higher onset so shorter runs.
@@adamgoulder8019 ah yes the one in my country has a very short onset.
Dang, g force blackout and being unconscious from lack of oxygenated blood to the brain seems like to closest thing to death without actually dying, until the blood rushes back to your brain and u wake up again.
It’s so cool to hear a genuine “BLIMEY”
Have the 1000th like
@@denizmetint.462 have the third like
@@georgiasomething2064 have the second like
We now know that Tom's reactivation word is "Blimey"
Where Windows XP went "dum dahduh du duhdah" Tom goes "Blimey" haha
Just think. You've just seen Tom's O face.
Tom, did your face hurt? 'Cos it was killing me! BWHAHAHA! (old joke for you young 'ens)
My word would have 4 letters in it
"Blimey" is more of his startup sound
3:25 when her head game is strong
I’ve searched many videos to find out what this stuff means and your video is the only one I found that explains it all. Thank you!
I can't tell if you're 50 or 18
I can’t think of a creative name 101 30
I can’t think of a creative name 101 30
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2:50
"i cant quite see"
[slaps leg]
**"A"**
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Great choice of thumbnail there
3:25 When the shloppy toppy is too good
Stolen
I wonder how Tom felt when watching his own footage
Maybe like "Damn I have to show this to million people?"
Try 6.2 million
lmao
@@odysseusgaming7157 dont worry, generations to come will be ready for this
Try seven!
even more so choosing that unflattering thumbnail 😂
3:26 - 3:38 me trying to hold my breath while watching finding nemo
You did that too 😭
I'm dying XD
I DID THAT TOO WHEN I WAS A KID AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ok so this is a common thing
@@dioptre nope
Idk really
Props to this guy taking one for the the team
I love your videos! Seeing you conquer fear in your videos is just amazing and you are brave! You really deserve that compliment. I hope everyone watching can be inspired to conquer their fears as well.
Being British myself, I felt like I was the only one who felt the blimey thing normal to say when you've been practically resurrected
Agreed
Gordon Bennett agrees with your sentiment.
@@thatguy-th8nv I’m the better guy
my cockney roots would reassert themselves and i'd go full "cor bleedin blimey"
Being American, I'd probably freak out a bit and be like "OY FLAK SH!T"
3:30 You are witnessing a body whose soul is being replaced. Tom Scott I died and Tom Scott II was born.
Yes
Yes
Original comment 100% never seen it before nuh huh nope no sir
@@capncook2006 ?
@@MadKingOfMadaya I was saying that your comment wasn’t original
Had a good laugh at you passing out like that. I have POTS and have that experience any time I try to ride a roller coaster. I actually got my formal diagnosis by showing my cardiologist a roller coaster photo that looked almost identical to this thumbnail, rather than needing to do a tilt-table test.
3:32 school starts tomorrow
Lmao
3:32
Uh oh! Your Tom Scott has stopped working. Initializing reboot...
Rebooting...
Rebooting...
Rebooting...
Success! Your Tom Scott is back online.
Press BLIMEY to begin.
🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
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Hotel: Trivago
@@capncook2006 ? What does it have to do with that?
3:26 my war thunder pilot when i pull some weird ass 15g maneuver
Relatable.
When u dive down for 2000 meters and try to pull up
b-29 crew when you pull a 1g turn
YOU'VE GOT A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT WING
I laughed at this so hard, don't ask me why.
He turned into Saul
*3:32* Saving user settings...
Closing network connections...
Windows is shutting down...
*3:36* Starting Windows XP
*3:42* welcome
My favorite part is when the technician is mocking Tom for twitching at 04:00
Good catch! hahaha
phahahahah i havent noticed that lmao
lmao
😂
😂😂😂
3:42 My Dad after betting the entire house on the worst horse in the race...
LMAO
I’m giggling
💀💀💀💀😂😂
Nice
LMAOOOOOOO
Bro turn into soul Goodman for a second
Excellent video production, as always. Really interesting and the knowledge sharing is great. Thank you,
2:50 that "AAaa..." had me laughing in tears
kinda like that guy in the picture!
i’m cackling
😅😅
mans sounds like will from the inbetweeners
AAAaaaaa..... *Windows shut down sound*
Its 2am, this was not the jerk and pass out I was looking for.
Edit: Wow, seems like I wasn't the only one.
XD
😑
@@arathan9305 why you not feelin the fun
😭😭😭
Ppffff!
3:36 when the head is so good that you pass out
*"BLIMEY!"*
Tom, you're a trooper! Nice work!
nish whork! cowah bicep@@@!
Just discovered this, albeit 2 years late. That centrifuge at Farnborough was built by my great grandfather (Walter Acklam). Really cool to see that it's still in use
Cool!
Cool
ice.
baby
Absolute zero
Seeing people lose consciousness like this is so eerie.
I was all interested until his face dropped and i was like, oh no, this is real, get a doctor. Quite the emotional jerk ;D (hehe pun)
He didn't need a doctor
i know, i know, but that was my gut reaction to that sudden and unbounded drop of muscle tension. Im so glad he was in a completely safe and controlled environment.
Almost every fainting looks like this (except the forces pulling his face down, of course). It doesn't look like the stuff you see in the movies. It's a horrible sight because it's followed by movement, gasping and moaning.
Check out videos of people passing out on the SLING SHOT ride for a real creepfest.
What a thumbnail - thanks tom
"G Loc isn't really a problem"
"oh"
"But it happens when you're flying ah aircraft"
"OHH"
*I've got motion sickness by watching this experience alone! Not for the faint hearted* 😂
I didn't, why do some people get dizzy watching this stuff? Pls answer
ok
@@catchild1013 yes
@@catchild1013 it is like staring at your phobia. It still scares you even though you aren’t face to face to it
Stfu
Tom Scott, the king of ridiculously tragic and traumatising thumbnails.
Including, but not limited to *this* image, from *that* video.
and matts mouth in slow motion
Thank you for this. Amazing feat. Youre brilliant! Much love
I’m obsessed with these videos
3:29 my last brain cell during a test
Dude i lost it so hard xD
That's the comment we need.
the hockey nerd34 what test,don’t you mean exam?
Imagine being the type of person to point out someone using “test” instead of “exam.”
Subbed XD
You aged about 30 years when you fell unconscious.
True, but only because he looks 10 years younger than his real age when conscious.
BeresfordProductions 😂😂😂
*breathing*
*dies*
*wakes up*
BLIMEY
Then I must be 120 now. No wonder my back kills me at the age of 31.
@@imaducky2617 xD
Bluds receiving astronomical head
I cant believe we live in a time where we can casually and safely witness this
How it feels to chew 5 gum
3:36
😂😂😂😂😂😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Stimulate your senses
Blimey
Comments that you could hear!
*Stimulate your ferrets*
*passed out*
hour's latter
*awake*
"hey you're finally awake"
B L I M E Y
Todd Howard you bastard, you did it again.
You absolute mad lad.
This dosent make any sence
BLIMEY
Skyrim intro meme reference for those confused
There’s a reason why I needed to see this !
That was a heartfelt blimey
I like that your face looked funny. Fun video! Respect.
Surprised no one is asking for a shout out in this replies section.
shout me out
litt
supscribr
Shout me outtt
3:34 The moment Tom's brain reboots and starts loading Windows.
LMAO
Lmao
windows blimey edition
If you want, I can take that and put the windows opening sound onto it
@@CurvedGD do it
The be able to control and aircraft while your body is dying is incredible much respect to those pilots
thank you so much for explaining all of this.
3:30 when tom lost consciousness it looks like his face is melting lmao
I am 💯th like
@@excaliber2845 no one cares
All the muscles relax
It's because all of the muscles in his face just stopped. So nothing was holding it normal
It's quite staged.
When Tom said: PHAHA
I felt that...
BLIMEY
🤣🤣🤣🤣
When felt said Tom: AHAHP
I felt you.
When AHAHP said: felt
I Tom that.
I have definitely put this in bucket list for things to do before I die.
Tom is genuinely a hero
we have found the new "this image from that video"
That is one of my favorite videos of all time
Now I need a help package!!!
meaning? what video? seriously! what are you talking about?
He's talking about *that* image from *that* video.
RoScFan: Look at Tom's other channel "Matt and Tom". It's a reference to two of the videos on there.
Particularly, *that* video :P
1:50 trying to remember what you’ve studied for exam before it starts
3:25 during the exam
😂👍
Stolen
when in your at the presentation.
Stolen
Stolen
Seeing him pass-out reminds of the guy who went 9g or maybe above. Damn that guy was hard.
Looking at thumbnail: the head must be insane
Watching video: dear lord
3:25 Sounds like when you want to laugh so hard in public but you try not to.
BLIMEY
Fck I'm dead. Lmao
Pah PAH
"Blimey, I lost everything there."
(Janitor sighs and picks up mop)
U need way more likes
Lmaooooo 💀
LMFAO I'm absolutely dead.
@@AccountRemoved101 pick a fluid. any fluid
@@pamelah1220 read that in a carnival lottery type tone 💀💀💀
Reminds me of when Homer turned into Popeye going around it
2:28 so when Dark Helmet said "my brains are going into my feet" in 'Spaceballs,' it wasn't just comic banter, it was Oscar-worthy dialogue put into the screenplay by way of research by Mel Brooks 👍
Beautifully understated Tom 🧐.
*Wakes up from concussion to find himself tied to a chair*
"Ah bloody hell, what's all this then?"