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Old 16th Apr 2007, 07:17
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Keith.Williams.
 
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For the limited purpose that you have specified you can use:

Thrust Horsepower = (Thrust in lb x TAS in Kts) / 325.658

This is based on:

Thrust Power = Thrust x TAS
1 horsepower = 33000 ft lb/min
1 Kt = 6080 ft/hour

But it cannot be used to estimate BHP of a piston engine or SHP of a turbojet. As others have stated previously this also depends on propeller efficiency which is not constant.
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