Typical Examples of G-force
| Example | g-force* |
|---|---|
| The gyro rotors in Gravity Probe B and the free-floating proof masses in the TRIAD I navigation satellite | 0 g |
| A ride in the Vomit Comet | ≈ 0 g |
| Standing on the Moon at its equator | 0.1654 g |
| Standing on the Earth at sea level–standard | 1 g |
| Saturn V moon rocket just after launch | 1.14 g |
| Bugatti Veyron from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 s | 1.55 g† |
| Space Shuttle, maximum during launch and reentry | 3 g |
| High-g roller coasters/ | 3.5–6.3 g |
| Top Fuel drag racing world record of 4.4 s over 1/4 mile | 4.2 g |
| World War One Aircraft Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Triplane, Fokker D.VII, Fokker Dr.1, SPAD S.VII, SPAD S.XIII, Nieuport 17 in a steep dive or back or front looping. | 4.5-7 g |
| Formula One car, maximum under heavy braking | 5+ g |
| Luge, maximum expected at the Whistler Sliding Centre | 5.2 g |
| Formula One car, peak lateral in turns | 5–6 g |
| Standard, full aerobatics certified glider | +7/-5 g |
| Apollo 16 on reentry | 7.19 g |
| Typical max. turn in an aerobatic plane or fighter jet | 9–12 g |
| Maximum for human on a rocket sled | 46.2 g |
| Death or serious injury likely | > 25 g |
| Sprint missile | 100 g |
| Brief human exposure survived in crash | > 100 g |
| Space gun with a barrel length of 1 km and a muzzle velocity of 6 km/s, as proposed by Quicklaunch (assuming constant acceleration) | 1,800 g |
| Shock capability of Omega mechanical wrist watches | > 5,000 g |
| Current formula one engines, maximum piston acceleration | 8,600 g |
| Rating of electronics built into military artillery shells | 15,500 g |
| 9 × 19 Parabellum handgun bullet (average along the length of the barrel) | 31,000 g |
| 9 × 19 Parabellum handgun bullet, peak | 190,000 g |
| Analytical ultracentrifuge spinning at 60,000 rpm, at the bottom of the analysis cell (7.2 cm) | 298,786 g |
| Mean acceleration of a proton in the Large Hadron Collider | 190,000,000 g |
| Acceleration from a Wakefield plasma accelerator | 8.9×1020 g |
* Including contribution from resistance to gravity. † Directed 40 degrees from horizontal.
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