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minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up70arrow-down1·10 months agoWasn’t one unit of horsepower meant to represent sustained power, not peak power of a horse?
minus-squaregramathy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up35·10 months agoAverage, not necessarily sustained. Horse gotta rest at some point regardless of how much power it’s putting out Iirc it’s an average over 1 day (24hrs) without regard to rest. So even sustained a horse is putting out more than 1hp at any given point in time
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·10 months agoThat would be a logical explanation… Get out!
minus-squareatocci@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s supposed to be the amount of work a strong horse can perform over one day on average.
Wasn’t one unit of horsepower meant to represent sustained power, not peak power of a horse?
Average, not necessarily sustained. Horse gotta rest at some point regardless of how much power it’s putting out
Iirc it’s an average over 1 day (24hrs) without regard to rest. So even sustained a horse is putting out more than 1hp at any given point in time
That would be a logical explanation… Get out!
It’s supposed to be the amount of work a strong horse can perform over one day on average.