Hi Jason, Are you talking g-force (g, or gee's), a unit of acceleration? Metric g = 9.81 meters / second(squared) or g = 32 feet / second (squared) Divide your acceleration by either of those numbers and that's how many g's you're pulling. Or Are you talking about weight, the force (on an object) due to gravity, Fg? Force (gravity) = mass * acceleration due to gravity (g) Units of measure metric: Force -> Newton, mass: gram English: force -> Pound, mass: slug And my high school physics teacher, Mrs. Reed both acceleration and force due to gravity are vectors so they need a direction associated with them - usually pointing straight down towards' the center of the earth. Hans Integrity First - Service Before Self - Excellence in All We Do ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hans M. Hinners Electronics Engineer Warner Robins - Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC/LUGE) Special Operations Forces System Program Office (SOF - SPO) Gunship Team 226 Cochran Street Robins AFB GA 31098-1622 mailto:[log in to unmask] Com: (478) 926 - 5224 Fax: (478) 926 - 4911 DSN Prefix: 468 -----Original Message----- From: Jason Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 12:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Question for the physics "gurus" How do you convert pound/kilogram to G-force? Is this convertable? Since G-force is somewhat time derived and pound/kilogram is force derived? Any help is appreciated. Jason Gregory Software Specialist - NPI Group SCI Systems/Plant 2 13000 S. Memorial Pkwy. Huntsville, AL. 35803 (256) 882-4107 x3728 [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------