Talk:Redout

Brownout vs blackout
The inverse of a redout is more a brownout than blackout. It must pass through the brownout stage and a redout is a vision problem whereas blackout is more to do with consciousness. Ex nihil (talk) 05:38, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Can you site a reference in medical literature where the term redout is used? I can't seem to find anything. Also, why doesn't this happen during skydiving? 64.203.7.201 (talk) 22:40, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Skydiving? Just curious but how would generate negative G skydiving? I suppose you could achieve it by developing a violent spin or something but you'd have to work on that.  E x nihil  (talk) 00:35, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

The 2012 BBC Documentary "Space Dive" quickly mentions the possibility of a Red Out if you are in a "Flat spin" with your feet at the center of the rotation. Blood flow goes to the brain. It's about 37 minutes into the documentary — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.59.11.233 (talk) 02:45, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm an aerobatic pilot, I fly Advanced and Unlimited categories and commonly push minus 5 or 6 G. I've never experienced red out, and I've never spoken to another aerobatic pilot who has. I suspect the phenomena is fictional, it's based on what people assume would happen. You certainly can get "starring" of your vision (seeing stars). Negative G is not particularly pleasant, especially if you're not current, people sometimes get burst blood vessels. But no red out. - Russell Bell — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.173.160.120 (talk) 20:44, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Reliable source (sort of) for "red out"...
See page 4 in the following document from the FAA: www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/Acceleration.pdf

While the details provided are too skimpy for significant use in the article, the reason I am providing this link is because (a) it is from a very reliable source that is well qualified to speak to the subject, and (b) the existence of this particular source would appear to disprove the comment in the above section that says " I suspect the phenomena is fictional, [...]".

Another item of value that this source potentially provides is the correct spelling of this term should be as two words, "red out", unlike the term "blackout". 104.32.193.6 (talk) 22:00, 12 April 2015 (UTC)