Horsepower

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There are several types of Horsepower. Hyundaipedia focuses on the car side of horsepower.

Contents 1 Definitions 1.1 Mechnical Horsepower 1.2 Base Horsepower 1.3 Wheel Horsepower 2 External Links

[edit] Definitions

Horsepower 

Mechanical horsepower — 0.74569987158227022 kW (33,000 ft·lbf per minute)

Base Horsepower

The horsepower produced straight out of the engine.

Wheel Horsepower

The horsepower that is actually used at the wheels.

[edit] Mechnical Horsepower

The most-common definition of horsepower for engines is the one originally proposed by James Watt in 1782. Under this system, one horsepower is defined as:

1 hp = 33,000 ft·lbf·min⁻¹ = exactly 0.74569987158227022 kW

A common memory aid is based on the fact that Christopher Columbus first sailed to the Americas in 1492. The memory aid states that 1 hp = 1/2 Columbus or 746 W.

In fourteen hundred and ninety-two

Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

Divide that son of a gun|son-of-a-gun by two

And that's the number of watts in a horsepower too.

[edit] Base Horsepower

[edit] Wheel Horsepower

[edit] External Links

Horsepower vs Torque article

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