ORIGINAL: on_your_six
I sure don't feel 1.41 times as heavy when I make a 45 degree banked turn to final.. in a real GA aircraft... don't know if I have ever made a 60 degree banked turn.
Turning final you are probably descending... Try a level 45 degree turn for 360 heading change and if you maintained, height, angle of bank and speed I promise you will have experienced 1.41 G.