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Old 28th Apr 2016, 12:17
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Not quite.

read this:

Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Convert Thrust to Horsepower

and I picked 80,000Lbs as it's broadly the mid-spec for the Trent 900

As an aside the Rolls-Royce MT30 genset is rated at 40Mw and is based on the Trent 800 core, if you then take into account different duty cycle ratings and inefficiencies of the Aero engine vs. genset, it actually stacks up about right.
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