How many HP is a jet engine?

1 Megawatt equals 1341 horsepower. For an aircraft like a Boeing 777 with two GE 90-115B engines each engine produces roughly 23 Megawatt of power during cruise flight with a fully loaded aircraft. This is 30.843 horsepower.
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How many horsepower is a 747 engine?

The hp of every plane can vary. According to calculations, while the jet engine of a Boeing 777 has a horsepower of 30,843, the jet engine of a Boeing 747 has a horsepower of 59,934.
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How many HP does a fighter jet have?

Newer planes like the F-117a stealth fighter is powered by the F100-PW-200 engine which gives 100,442 hp or 74,900,000 W of power. There are also larger engines, not fit for fighter jets, like the GE90-115B provides up to 101,000 hp or 75,000,000 W.
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How much HP does a F 22 have?

545-HP Ford 'F-22 Raptor' F-150 Is Ready to Fly.
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How much horsepower does an F 16 jet have?

It is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney or General Electric turbofan engine, which, with afterburning, can generate 23,000 to 29,000 pounds (102 to 130 kilonewtons) of thrust, accelerating the aircraft to more than twice the speed of sound.
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How much horsepower does a Boeing 777 have?

In a Boeing 777, a single engine produces 52,000 hp.
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Do fighter jets have AC?

Yes. Fighter aircraft have air conditioning systems. In general, they are called as Environmental Conditioning Systems (ECS).
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Why US does not sell F-22?

Ultimately, the F-22 program was ended because it was very costly and the need for an air-to-air fighter to counter Soviet fighters just wasn't the U.S. military's priority any longer. The U.S. military purchased 183 Raptors, well short of the proposed 381.
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Whats the fastest jet?

The fastest fighter jet ever created was the NASA/USAF X-15. It was an experimental aircraft that resembled more of a rocket with wings but managed to reach a record 4,520mph. The fastest fighter jet in the world today is the MiG-25 Foxbat, with a top speed of 2,190mph, half the speed of the X-15.
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How much HP is a plane?

1 Megawatt equals 1341 horsepower. For an aircraft like a Boeing 777 with two GE 90-115B engines each engine produces roughly 23 Megawatt of power during cruise flight with a fully loaded aircraft. This is 30.843 horsepower.
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How much horsepower does the fastest jet have?

Back by popular demand! Shockwave Jet Truck is powered by three afterburning Pratt & Whitney J34 het engines producing 36,000 horsepower. Shockwave is the Guinness Book world record holder for the fastest jet truck in the world at 376 MPH.
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How much does an F-16 engine cost?

Prat & Whitney recently agreed to provide the Pakistani Air Force with 60 F100-PW-220 engines for Pakistan's F-16s. This contract is valued at $220 million, which leads to each engine costing approximately $3.6 million.
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How many HP was the Titanic?

RMS Titanic

Two reciprocating steam engines – with a combined output of 30,000 horsepower and each weighing 720 tonnes – and one low-pressure turbine powered the Titanic. They needed the steam produced by 29 boilers, each capable of holding more than 48 tonnes of water.
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Could a jet engine flip a car?

The answer is: yes, exhaust blast from a jumbo jet engine can do considerable damage, to a person or to a vehicle.
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Can jet engines run on gasoline?

Gasoline is too volatile for a jet engine; Diesel fuel is not volatile ENOUGH for a jet. The problem with running diesel in a jet engine is the igniters -- the SR-71's triethylborane system would ignite diesel no problem!
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What's the fastest plane ever built?

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest jet aircraft in the world, reaching speeds of Mach 3.3--that's more than 3,500 kph (2,100 mph) and almost four times as fast as the average cruising speed of a commercial airliner. Key elements of the SR-71's design made this possible.
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Which country has best air force?

The United States of America maintains the strongest Air Force in the world by an impressive margin. As of late 2021, the United States Air Force (USAF) is composed of 5217 active aircraft, making it the largest, the most technologically advanced, and the most powerful air fleet in the world.
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How fast is supersonic?

Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that is faster than the speed of sound, measured at about 768 miles per hour at sea level. Supersonic speed is one of the four “regimes of flight” (subsonic, transonic, supersonic, hypersonic).
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How much do F-22 pilots get paid?

Basic pay is set by Congress and increases with promotions in rank and years of service. For example, an F-22 pilot with six years active duty in the Air Force and the rank of captain received basic pay in 2015 of $5,469.60 per month. A lieutenant colonel with 20 years active duty got a monthly salary of $8,506.50.
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Has an F-22 ever been shot down?

This was certainly proven to be true in 2009 when the famed F-22 was “shot down” by a much more inferior fourth-generation fighter jet—Dassault's Rafale. According to the EurAsian Times, “while remarkable in its own stead, in comparison to the Raptor, this French warplane doesn't appear to be as impressive.
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Can a civilian buy a fighter jet?

So can any civilian buy a fighter plane? The answer is a surprising 'yes! '. As soon as an airplane is demilitarized it can be bought by members of the general public.
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Do pilots wear diapers?

The Air Force has started providing diapers to pilots as 'standard clothing'. Former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, said, "The IAF seems to be gearing up for expeditionary missions. Human endurance should not be a limiting factor in the cockpit."
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Do fighter pilots pee?

Pilots put on the cup or pad beneath a special pair of underwear. When it's time to go, the pilot connects the cup or pad with a tube leading to a pump outside the flight suit. The battery-operated pump pulls the urine through the tube to a collection bag, where the pee is stored until the end of the mission.
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Are fighter jets bulletproof?

Some are. Most notably the A-10 Warthog carries about 1200 LBS of titanium armor up front to protect the cockpit. A lot of modern fighters have self sealing fuel tanks which is a type of bulletproofing in a sense. It allows the airframes fuel tanks to be hit, but unaffected by bullet fire.
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