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Afterburner and MWD measurements.

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Roballx
Jumpkraft
#1 - 2013-08-01 01:33:11 UTC
Perhaps this has been brought up before, but I tried the search and didn't find anything so here we go;

Presumably the NM measurement stands for Newton Metres, which can either be a measurement of energy or torque, at a conversion of 1 Nm to 0.73 foot-pounds of torque.

Now lets compare this to something like a base model Ford Mustang, which has 280 ft-lbs of torque.
This means that the Mustang has about 380 Nm or 3.8 Battleship size MWD's.

If this is true, what is stopping my car from launching into outer space at the slight push of the accelerator?

Discuss.
Erufen Rito
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-08-01 01:35:38 UTC
It's "MN" bro.

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2013-08-01 01:37:50 UTC
100 meganewtons, or approximately 8 times the thrust of a space shuttle solid rocket booster.

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Barakach
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-08-01 01:58:01 UTC
"1 Nm to 0.73 foot-pounds of torque"

how I hate the imperial system. I am from the USA and only use imperial in my day-to-day, but when it comes to math, metric is just so much easier.

1 newton is the force required to accelerate 1kg 1meter/s^2

Foot-pounds.. bleh... pound isn't even a unit of mass, slugs are. How did someone even come up with the idea of measuring the acceleration of mass and not use mass as part of the equation?
Jack Miton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-08-01 02:09:37 UTC
mega newtons bro... mega newtons

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#6 - 2013-08-01 02:10:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Roballx wrote:
Perhaps this has been brought up before, but I tried the search and didn't find anything so here we go;

Presumably the NM measurement stands for Newton Metres, which can either be a measurement of energy or torque, at a conversion of 1 Nm to 0.73 foot-pounds of torque.

Now lets compare this to something like a base model Ford Mustang, which has 280 ft-lbs of torque.
This means that the Mustang has about 380 Nm or 3.8 Battleship size MWD's.

If this is true, what is stopping my car from launching into outer space at the slight push of the accelerator?

Discuss.

As someone already pointed out it's MN not NM, but going with your hypothesis the reasons that your Mustang won't launch into outer space are

  • At high elevations an infernal combustion engine loses power, due to a lack of oxygen for the combustion process..
  • Escape velocity, to leave Earth your Mustang needs to be capable of hitting 25,000 mph, approx 7 miles/s or 11.2 km/s. Time travel is easier, that only requires 88 mph and a flux capacitor.
  • It's a Ford, important bits will fall off of it at high speed, given that it's a Mustang they'll fall off sooner rather than later, they're not particularly well put together even by Fords standards.

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Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#7 - 2013-08-01 02:11:12 UTC
When you mention Newtons, I get hungry.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#8 - 2013-08-01 02:14:39 UTC
Nexus Day wrote:
When you mention Newtons, I get hungry.

Thandie Newton, best Newton, after Sir Issac of course.

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2013-08-01 03:01:52 UTC  |  Edited by: James Amril-Kesh
Barakach wrote:
"1 Nm to 0.73 foot-pounds of torque"

how I hate the imperial system. I am from the USA and only use imperial in my day-to-day, but when it comes to math, metric is just so much easier.

1 newton is the force required to accelerate 1kg 1meter/s^2

Foot-pounds.. bleh... pound isn't even a unit of mass, slugs are. How did someone even come up with the idea of measuring the acceleration of mass and not use mass as part of the equation?

Because pounds aren't being used as a unit of mass here, they're being used as a unit of force. Which is what they are.

Pounds are also sometimes used as a unit of mass with the caveat that we're referring to x pounds as "that amount of mass which causes a gravitational force of x pounds in Earth's gravity" with the gravitational field strength assumed to be approximately 32 ft/sec^2.

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RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#10 - 2013-08-01 03:04:16 UTC  |  Edited by: RubyPorto
Roballx wrote:


If this is true, what is stopping my car from launching into outer space at the slight push of the accelerator?



Turns out, reality doesn't care how tenuous your grasp on physics is, it just runs along and plays by its own rules. One of the applications of those rules is that a spaceship thruster's power is generally not measured in units of torque.

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Whitehound
#11 - 2013-08-01 06:09:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Whitehound
RubyPorto wrote:
Turns out, reality doesn't care how tenuous your grasp on physics is, it just runs along and plays by its own rules. One of the applications of those rules is that a spaceship thruster's power is generally not measured in units of torque.

... unless when unscrewed in a massive explosion.

8/10 for screwing up "MN".

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flakeys
Doomheim
#12 - 2013-08-01 06:15:57 UTC
And this seperates the nerds from the MEGA nerds ..... Roll

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Mr Pragmatic
#13 - 2013-08-01 06:23:43 UTC
flakeys wrote:
And this seperates the nerds from the MEGA nerds ..... Roll



And they probably weigh a ton too....

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Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#14 - 2013-08-01 06:24:54 UTC
Whitehound
#15 - 2013-08-01 06:31:33 UTC
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
flakeys wrote:
And this seperates the nerds from the MEGA nerds ..... Roll



And they probably weigh a ton too....

Do not forget that when you send them to the grocer to buy 5 Newton of tomatoes.

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Ottersmacker
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
#16 - 2013-08-01 06:32:54 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
infernal combustion

now that's outright demonic o_O

i just locked an open door.. strange, yet symbolically compelling.
Darvaleth Sigma
Imperial Security Hegemony
#17 - 2013-08-01 06:36:56 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
flakeys wrote:
And this seperates the nerds from the MEGA nerds ..... Roll



And they probably weigh a ton too....

Do not forget that when you send them to the grocer to buy 5 Newton of tomatoes.


And the ones that go on "mass-watchers" rather than "weight-watchers".

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Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#18 - 2013-08-01 06:38:19 UTC
You never go full R3t4rd son, Never.
Tobias Hareka
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2013-08-01 06:38:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Tobias Hareka
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
flakeys wrote:
And this seperates the nerds from the MEGA nerds ..... Roll



And they probably weigh a ton too....


According to this http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/100MN_MicroWarpdrive_II

50000000 / 100 = 500000

1 mega nerd = 500000 kg
Erufen Rito
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2013-08-01 06:43:38 UTC
Guys, I think we shamed the OP to death. I doubt he will continue to play on this toon.

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