Optimizing the Human Weapon System (ep. 198)

[@gordydexter2615]

Great video and great discussion!!! As a 29 year long fighter pilot I agree with everything discussed. I used a piddle pack almost every viper flight because I drank water constantly to ensure that I was on my A game pulling high Gs. Flying fighters is very dangerous!!! I lost 46 friends throughout my career due to G-lock, mid-air, night or weather mishaps! I was one of two pilots in my last squadron who drank water while flying and I did this regularly! Check Six‼️👍👊💪🇺🇸

[@cdyjv118]

46 jesus christ.

[@brandontowers4185]

Hello Jello, the USAF has incorporated human performance training in UPT and several FTUs with contractor specialists in nutrition, psychology, and exercise science.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

@@brandontowers4185 good to know 👍

[@The8lueSpirit]

This was awesome, joined late but still got a lot out of it. Thank you both

[@johnb7490]

Awesome job, great guest. That was so interesting. Thanks

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

You're welcome, thank YOU!

[@alex3261]

Awesome interview. as a side note, the MiG-21MF and the later versions gad an early griynd collision avoidance system, called BOV, that worked in conjunction with the autopilot and the radar altimeter, and this was in the early '70s.

[@cdyjv118]

Wonder if the Red Hat and Constant Peg jets had it too?

[@alex3261]

@ As far as I know, they did not have MFs or Bis. however, it is possible that the more advaned MiGs and SUs they tested had a similar feature.

[@alex3261]

@@cdyjv118I asked a friend who flew MiG-23 and 29 and he told me that those types had more accurate GCAS systems, although at the technological level of the '70s and '80s. .

[@dougstitt1652]

Great listen thank you both .

[@MGPW01]

Great as usual. Thank you :)

[@algeils9789]

Another awesome interview, he brought up some great points 😎

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

Thank you.

[@Am-i-that-guy]

I'm still binge listening but I love it!

[@limaxray5016]

If F1 drivers and MotoGP riders adhere to strict levels of physiological maintenance and human optimization, imagine the implications of this same mindset as applied to the warriors defending a nation. And there’s a huge difference on what’s at stake.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

🎯

[@sandeepssidhu4223]

Loved it. Big Thanks!!

[@PAS_2020]

Love the podcast and every single guest. Would very much like to see some retired Israeli fighter pilots on this podcast. That would really be something.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

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[@skyd8726]

It's amazing that the higher-ups haven't mandated gcas as standard. Its like having (& using) a seatbelt in a car.

[@darmour8149]

Long story short. I remember my dad telling me about a device he referred to as a "pilot's friend". It was basically a condom with a tube at the end so a pilot could relieve themselves. This is the early 1960's. Now with women flying the problem adds a new dimension. Why has it taken so long from the "pilot's friend" to now to create a solution better than the complexity of a "piddle pack"? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

[@xris5697]

That’s a very good idea. I’ll recommend that to my fighter pilot son. I wonder if that is available commercially with the tube. Might be a good Xmas gift for him 😂

[@xris5697]

Especially flying the F35

[@darmour8149]

I will finish the story. My dad had three boys traveling across the US to go to a new assignment for the USAF, or a vacation. We all had to pee at different times. He got a "pilot's friend " somewhere. Then drilled a hole in the floor of the car. Put the tube in there and never had to stop again. I remember it as a source of entertainment. One peeing while the others looked out back of the car to see if it made a mark. Good times.

[@_datapoint]

I’m just here to confirm that wasn’t Hugh Jackman.

[@FighterPilotPodcast]

You are correct--neither one of us is Hugh Jackman.

[@indy500tabasco8]

👽👽👽👽i quit alcohol for better hydration👽👽👽👽Megan Mclean cjannel totally helped 👽👽👽👽thx Capt Jello for FPP👽👽👽👽