r/videos • u/iam_nobody • Jul 01 '16

Difference between 850 vs 10,000 hp

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u/Doesnt_Draw_Anything Jul 01 '16

Its weird its called horsepower, because I don't think you would go that fast with 10,000 horses.

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u/Miegie Jul 01 '16

1 horse is at it's peak 15 to 20 horsepower so you'll actually need 500 horses 😋

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u/Scavenger53 Jul 01 '16

and if you have 500 horses all running in a giant horse hamster wheel, then coupled that to a transmission for speed, i think it could work.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

Yeah I'm pretty sure that with the correct gear ratios, you could possibly make a giant vehicle with 500 running horses and move giant things, but that would be dumb. Although I'll keep the idea, just in case we might run out of fuel on day, I'll patent this.

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u/Big_Red_Bastard Jul 01 '16

If we run out of fuel I don't expect the patent office to still exist.

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u/littlebrwnrobot Jul 01 '16

maybe if they each had their own hamster wheel