Question is as the title suggests really.
Essentially I went on a watt bike the other day and my friend said I nearly produced one horse power. So obviously I then googled how much horse power a horse produces, and then when I found out it is more than one I was curious as to what animal produces one horse power and what we should change the measurement ‘horsepower’ too.
Also, I don’t think I’ve ever typed horse and horse power so much in such a little space
In: Mathematics
Humans and horses actually. Depends what you’re looking at.
An healthy human can output 1.2 hp briefly or 0.1 without getting tired.
A horse can output 15 horse power briefly but the general recommendation was to make your farm horse work only as hard as what would be 1 horse power, sustained.
If you were at max output all the time you would get exhausted very quickly. Engines don’t get tired.
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