American 767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3322 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (11 years 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1382 times:
Well, I wouldn't be able to tell you how many horsepowers are equivalent to 1 pound of thrust but I read in a book, how to fly a 747, that the whole power a 747 would generate during flight is equivalent to 500000 horsepowers. So think about it, each 747 engine generates 56-58000 lbs of thrust, multiply by 4, that is over 220000 lbs of thrust. So to simplify, I would say that 1 lb of thrust is equivalent to 2 horsepowers.
So to answer your question, each engine on a 757 generates roughly 80000 horsepowers. Hope this clarifies your query.
Ben Soriano
Brussels Belgium
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Jetguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (11 years 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1345 times:
Actually, this question has been asked by nearly every pilot who has ever flown a jet aircraft. Go back through A.net's archives and you will read some interesting posts. This is a very complex problem with several variables. In reality, we're trying to compare apples and oranges. I've seen viable formulas showing less than a 1:1 ratio and some that show the ratio as high as 3:1.
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (11 years 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1309 times:
I think at cruise altitude and speed today's high-bypass fans produce around a fifth of their static sea-level thrust. So if the 747 is producing 40,000+ lb (total for four eng) at, what, 480 knots? then by the definition of a horsepower that equals around 60,000 hp.
You can say that the engines are actually producing more power than that considering all the air they're churning up, but if you're just asking about useful power then that's it. People like to imagine that power is a difficult concept, and it can indeed be difficult deciding what to measure-- but once you've decided that, then the definition of power is simple.
Sleekjet From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2045 posts, RR: 24 Reply 6, posted (11 years 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1307 times:
I find it fascinating how far we've come in less than a century. From the elementary power of one horse to the thousands of pounds of thrust. What will the next century bring? Have the quantum leaps already been made, leaving us some scant tweaking to improve on them in the decades ahead, or will we continue to surpass current methods with mind-boggling advances? Let's face it - not much has happened since the first flight of the Concorde.
FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26 Reply 7, posted (11 years 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1303 times:
And the details of the matter:
The work done is the force times the distance.
The power is the work done divided by the time used.
So, here
Power = Thrust * Velocity, as the velocity is already the distance travelled divided by the time used.
As you can see, not only the output thrust but also the velocity affects the power output which is why you can't really translate thrust into horsepower.
Cheers,
Fred
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Prebennorholm From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 6019 posts, RR: 55 Reply 8, posted (11 years 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1274 times:
If you look into the rolls-royce.com site, then you will notice that RR offers the Trent engine also for marine application - rated at 50MW. 50MW is well over 60,000 HP which corresponds quite well with the assumption that a 747 engine produces roughly 100,000 HP at max T/O power at sea level altitude.
Remember a ship engine has no limited duration T/O power rating - it is pure continuous power - and certainly at sea level altitude.
A few other things will probably further reduce the marine Trent power output: First of all a very efficient silencer in the chimney, but also the fact that it will run on less energetic and cheaper fuel oil instead of jet fuel.
The fan is exchanged with a gear box to drive the propeller. I don't know if they ever sold a marine Trent, but a proposed application is a large cruise liner in which it will increase comfort by reducing noise and vibration compared to a traditional and more fuel efficient diesel engine.
Regards, Preben Norholm
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