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Old January 8th 05, 05:51 PM
Ken Kochanski (KK)
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Default Thermals and Horsepower

One horsepower is defined as lifting 550 pounds one foot in one second.


So, if were climbing at an average of 300 FPM (5 fps)in a two place
ship weighing 1100 pounds ... can we say we are
extracting/consuming/obtaining 10 HP from the thermal ...

KK