An aviator, pulling out of a dive, follows the arc of a circle and is said to have pulled 3g's in...

Question:

An aviator, pulling out of a dive, follows the arc of a circle and is said to have pulled 3g's in pulling out of the dive. Explain what this statement means.

Acceleration

Acceleration is defined as the rate of change in the velocity of an object in a period of time. The acceleration is proportional to the change in velocity and inversely proportional to the time. Acceleration is a vector quantity just like velocity, it has a magnitude and a direction.

Answer and Explanation:

The g in the question refers to the load factor not to the usual gravity due to acceleration.

The load factor is referred to as the apparent acceleration due to gravity observed by a person inside the plane.

It means that the person inside the plane will see the object falling inside the plane three times the acceleration due to gravity when the load factor is 3g.