Question

The ejection seat has an acceleration of 8gees (8xgravity or ~80m/s/s). He has a mass of 70kg. The total force on him from the chair/rocket would be ?

(80m/s/s)(70kg)=5600N
(80m/s/s)(70kg)=5600N + Fg = 5600N+(70kg)(9.8N/kg)~5600N+700N=6300N
(80m/s/s)(70kg)=5600N - Fg = 5600N+(70kg)(9.8N/kg)~5600N-700N=4900N
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Answer 1

I assume you're talking about a pilot. If the ejection seat has an acceleration of 8g, then it would exert a normal force of 8g (70 kg) ≈ 5600 N.

(This is assuming the pilot is flying horizontally at a constant speed, and the seat is ejected vertically upward.)

To reiterate, this is *only* the force exerted by the seat on the pilot. Contrast this with the net force on the pilot, which would be the normal force minus the pilot's weight, 5600 N - (70 kg)g ≈ 4900 N.

If instead the seat ejects the pilot directly downward, the force exerted by the seat would have the same magnitude of 5600 N, but its direction would be reversed to point downward, making it negative. But the net force would change to -5600 N - (70 kg)g ≈ -6300 N