Re: jet engine

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STUARTe <jabluvs269@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >
> > > 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

Yeah, right.

*PLONK*

-- 
Jim Pennino

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