Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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your per cent or miss verses per cent of capa.bility.
And
down on that range what it was really doing was, we were
coming in a little bit sho~t, and it was sacrificing the
cross range in order to get the down range cleared up, be­
cause the cross ra.nge wu vecy sm.e.11 ~•
Lovell
There -was a bias in the dow ra.nge needles between his ball
and m:y ball, a.nd I think, th.&t fortunately,~ ball -wa.s the
one that was out.
Because when he was right on.
:Borman
You said we were overshooting &11 the time.
Lovell
Yes.
Re was right on - I said you were overshooting, it wa.s
about a needle and a half width bias.
:Borman
Okay.
The initial indication of g's, I remember Jim called
over and sa.id, "how ma.ny g's a.re we on now." I said l ess
than one" and you said "get serious." I think you coul dn't
believe it. The first onset you feel like you ha.ve about a
ton on you, but then as it builds up it never seems to get
mu.oh worse. It's almost u if it were a. step function.
As
soon as you get the g you rea.lly notice it, and then you
don't notice it much more. And the ma.rlmum g's th.at we
pulled during the reentry were 3.9.
Lovell
Yes, that a.ma.zed me.
I actu&lly thought we did pull more
g's.
:Borman
3.9 g's. So, it was a long extended time.