How much Horsepower do people make?
10-05-06, 07:29 PM
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How much Horsepower do people make?
Just wondering if cyclist's output has often been measured in Horsepower? It seems we gotta be the equivalent of a 35CC motor or so on a good day for a few seconds? DO any of you know typical output? Or perhaps measured in Thrust ?
10-05-06, 07:30 PM
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Depends on the person.
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The roadie forum might be useful to ask in. They seem concerned with wattage and the likes.
10-05-06, 07:52 PM
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I know small trolling motors claim 40 poundes of thrust, so that would make them 80 HP. Your formula must be off by a decimal or something.
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I would think a horse in real life has more power than a person.. but thats different. I think? lol horses run and pull way more than humans thatns for sure.
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sorry for my mistake. i'm a mythbuster fan and i was watching one of their episoda where they were mounting rockets on the roof of the car. adam said the rocket produce x amount of thrust which means the car has 2x of horsepower. i just googled a bit and the formula to convert such forces needs the factor of speed. at low speed, the ratio is about 1:.9 (thrust to HP), at a moderate high speed it's about 1:1 and at the speed of sound it's 1:2.
plz do correct me before i sink myself further with incorrect info.
plz do correct me before i sink myself further with incorrect info.
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Originally Posted by thatguy
43.
The answer is 43.
The answer is 43.
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Humans don't measure in HP but instead in watts. If I remember my basic physics class, 1HP is 743 watts of power. Personally I have no idea how to measure human power output because I have no desire to do so, but I know that PowerTap makes hubs for road bikes which can measure this.
--Oh yeah, my guess is that average power output is around 200 - 300 watts? so that divided by 743 watts gives you HP.
I stand corrected, I read the stuff on google and it's 746 watts
and it's probably less than 200 watts *shrugs*
--Oh yeah, my guess is that average power output is around 200 - 300 watts? so that divided by 743 watts gives you HP.
I stand corrected, I read the stuff on google and it's 746 watts
and it's probably less than 200 watts *shrugs*
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Well on my road bike, I have a power tap on my race wheels. On a 100-150km ride, I will average about 300w. The most I have seen myself put down, was in a sprint, I maxed out at 1235w(that was a 100m standing sprint).
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Originally Posted by ^*^BATMAN^*^
The most I have seen myself put down, was in a sprint, I maxed out at 1235w(that was a 100m standing sprint).
10-05-06, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Siu Blue Wind
Or the horse.
1 horsepower.
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10-05-06, 10:58 PM
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Miniature horse equals 1/2 horsepower.
A dead horse equals 0 horsepower.
A dead horse equals 0 horsepower.
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Originally Posted by jiiiim
fyi - 1lb of thrust = 2hp
thought maybe some of you might wanted to know
thought maybe some of you might wanted to know
You have two different types of units. Thrust is force, while power is force times speed (energy per time, really).
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1 hp = 745 W If you are in good shape you might be able to put out 1000 W for a couple of seconds.
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Originally Posted by idleuser
Was that the average for the whole 100m or THE max.
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Originally Posted by womble
I think that if you revist your calculations, you'll find it's 42
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