Re: HP to Watts
In reply to #3037 HP to Watts by Orcinus orca
> From: Orcinus orca [email removed]
> Subject: (3037) HP to Watts
>
> Richard, nearly everything in the aero- portion of the aerospace industry
> is in english units. Altitude is in feet, velocity is in mph or fps, fuel
> is in pounds, and engines are horsepower or pounds of thrust. The only
> major aeronautical sector that uses metric is (was?) the Soviets.
However, the Swedish AF uses metrics even on the altimeters, while the civil
aviation uses feets and stuff.
An interesting side-effect of this is that some of the SK-60 jet-trainers
that are cleared to land on civilian fields have two altimeters, one in meters
and one in feets....
(A friend in the terminal room claims that Saab uses metrics in it's aviation
sector too, which I cannot confirm. I have however seen construction drawings
for a/c's built by Saab done in metrics..)
> John H. Kim
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