Sentence examples for thrust horsepower from inspiring English sources

Thrust horsepower of jet engines and rockets is equal to the thrust in pounds force times the speed of the vehicle in miles per hour divided by 375 (which is equal to one horsepower measured in mile-pounds per hour).

The rear half of the chassis is a much simpler shape, but is subject to the enormous heat and vibration of the EJ200 jet and Falcon rocket (133,000 thrust horsepower will shake your fillings loose in no time), so we're using a steel framework with metal panels for the rear end of the Car.

Thrust and horsepower are difficult to equate, but one pound of thrust is equivalent to one horsepower at 375 miles (600 km) per hour.

The land-marine turbine generates more than 18,400 pounds of supersonic thrust (36,800 horsepower) with afterburner and water injection.

I let it drop that I had retrofitted fuel injection into my '73 3.0 CSi, thereby subtly countering his thrust of raw horsepower with my parry of complexity and ingenuity, performed on a classic car that is actually worth something.

Today Mr. Bezos, one of a lineup of millionaires keen on space and underwater adventure, noted in a blog post that the F-1 rocket engine is "still a modern wonder — one and a half million pounds of thrust, 32 million horsepower, and burning 6,000 pounds of rocket grade kerosene and liquid oxygen every second".

If that wild thought had entered my mind when I was testing the CCX last summer, I would have figured the Koenigsegg's 806-horsepower thrust and severe G-forces were to blame.

The car will run on a single rocket engine, producing around 62,000 lbs of thrust or about 200,000 horsepower.

There are two general approaches to converting gas horsepower to propulsive thrust.

When the fuse is lit, 4.5 kN of thrust - the equivalent of 560 horsepower - and 19Gs worth of acceleration shoots Gissy at the horizon quicker than you can say many naughty words.

It won't break any acceleration records, but there's enough thrust to keep things entertaining, with 115 horsepower and 199 pound-feet of torque on tap.