Re: jet engine

["STUARTe" <jabluvs269@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> > i claim this can be solved by choosing an arbitrary value for the
> > exhaust velocity.
> > the website was a good one but it doesn't help solving this particu;ar
> > problem.
>
> Then you are an idiot.
>
> It would take an engine with 1000 kilograms of thrust.
>
> Thrust is force, horsepower is power.
>
> Power equals thrust times velocity and your velocity is zero.
>
> --
> Jim Pennino
>

i could post the solution now and thus make you eat your words. i'll
wait a few weeks and hope that someone in the group can find a
solution.
it's pretty basic physics. F*t = m*v