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That Saturn 5 still holds the record,as far as I know, for most powerful vehicle built by man, with 7.5 million pounds of thrust from the 5 F-1 first stage rocket engines. The equivalent of 3.75 million horsepower, I believe...A real glutton for kerosene and liquid oxygen, though.
On another tangent, the most expensive 4-wheeled vehicle ever produced (at least at one time) was the lunar rover at a paltry 6 million US per copy in 1970 dollars...
I've heard of 4 GP38-2's pull a large wood frame grain elevator from one end of town to the other end of town, in Hines Creek Alberta, on a system of rollers. That's a total of 8,000 HP.
Interesting thread...Can any aircraft besides the Lockheed C-130 Hercules lift more than its own weight into the air??
Regards, [:-king]
On another tangent, the most expensive 4-wheeled vehicle ever produced (at least at one time) was the lunar rover at a paltry 6 million US per copy in 1970 dollars...
I've heard of 4 GP38-2's pull a large wood frame grain elevator from one end of town to the other end of town, in Hines Creek Alberta, on a system of rollers. That's a total of 8,000 HP.
Interesting thread...Can any aircraft besides the Lockheed C-130 Hercules lift more than its own weight into the air??
Regards, [:-king]
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