Talk:Power-to-weight ratio
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A lot of these could be also applied to cars.
- Done. --Robert Merkel 01:11 Jan 6, 2003 (UTC)
Is square of the square a typo? If not, we can call it fourth power. Patrick 01:21 Jan 6, 2003 (UTC)
- Yes, it's fourth power. I was in "keep it simple for the plebs" mode, which is probably inappropriate here. --Robert Merkel 01:34 Jan 6, 2003 (UTC)
I'm not so familiar with this term but let me ask. Is it correct that "power loading = weight / power"? (I found this on D.P.Raymer's "Aircraft Design") If so, it seems to me better to clarify this point. - Marsian // talk 14:20, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
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[edit] Aircraft
The section about "in an aircraft it's more critical than in any other vehicle" could reworded a bit. As far as I can tell, much of the information there applies to other vehicles as well... "power-to-weight greatly affects top speed... if two engines produce the same power, the lighter one will produce a better car". The basic premise isn't incorrect, but some of the explanations don't seem to clearly differentiate aircraft from other vehicles. --Interiot 13:00, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] flight power (hamish)
Can we go neculer with aircraft using less fuel. Or can we use the sun to harness the power for flight —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.154.210.39 (talk) 14:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] flight power (hamish)
Can we go neculer with aircraft using less fuel. Or can we use the sun to harness the power for flight. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.154.210.39 (talk) 14:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Table
If we're going to have a table to give people ideas of typical values, anyone else think it'd be more useful to have the power/weight ratio of the car rather than just an engine. Automotive mags often write about power/weight ratios of cars- I haven't seen them talk about it in reference to just the engine much. Also, anyone else think a sampling of typical cars is more informative than a bunch of exotic high-powered cars? Friday (talk) 15:11, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
