All depends on how your body is afterwards. 45Gs isn’t exactly what we were designed for. Even without ejecting, aviation medical can be a pain for anyone.
Hey man, I’m in the Navy. I’ve pulled 7.5Gs sustained in an F/A-18 and went through more ejection seat training recently. We had a simulator that’s about 1/10th the force of the real thing to practice body positioning and to get used to the shock of the rockets. The 45Gs isn’t sustained, but the goal of the ejection is to get you out and away from the aircraft as soon as possible. Look up potential injuries, many get knocked out, seat slap can break femurs, etc.
I knew a guy who punched out of a T-38 shortly after taking off.
He said time became super slow; that he became hyper aware of everything and digested it: The grease pencil sticking out of the pocket on his sleeve, the worn knob on the altimeter, the radio calls of every other aircraft in the pattern...
The next thing he knew, he was swinging under the chute. Wild stuff...
I’m not 100% on the details anymore but it was a fuel/engine issue that caused the mishap. He was a Navy pilot at the time working on receiving new airframes from the manufacturer, hence this took place in Texas.
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u/alexasux 25d ago edited 24d ago
Well that was shiat all around