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Originally Posted by coolspot
hi guys this is my first post on here i need to know how much horsepower is required to pull along carriages with people on them i am going to use a electric motor  |
I'm not a physics expert nor do I pretend to be one, however the horsepower needed to pull a carraige is directly proportional to the weight of the carraige and anything on or in it, in addition to the weight of the motor itself and any vehicle on which it is mounted, unless the motor is to remain stationary, taking into account any gradients.
For example, a motor designed to pull a 20ton carraige with 3tons of additional weight (passengers/freight), may not be sufficient to pull a 25ton carraige.
Equally, a motor designed to pull a 25ton carraige on a flat gradient may not be able to pull a 20ton carraige uphill.
So to put it in lamens terms....... How long is a piece of string?