Assume Eq. 6-14 gives the drag force on a pilot plus ejection seat just after they are

Chapter 6, Problem 38

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Assume Eq. 6-14 gives the drag force on a pilot plus ejection seat just after they are ejected from a plane traveling horizontally at 1300 km/h. Assume also that the mass of the seat is equal to the mass of the pilot and that the drag coefficient is that of a sky diver. Making a reasonable guess of the pilots mass and using the appropriate vt value from Table 6-1, estimate the magnitudes of (a) the drag force on the pilot seat and (b) their horizontal deceleration (in terms of g), both just after ejection. (The result of (a) should indicate an engineering requirement: The seat must include a protective barrier to deflect the initial wind blast away from the pilots head.)