2006-10-12 18:03:15 · 9 answers · asked by the old dog 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
This link actually has some real data:
http://www.planetandy.com/hamsterpower.html
It claims about 100 mW/hamster, so need 7460 hamsters to get 746 W = 1 HP
2006-10-12 18:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. One horsepower can lift x up y in s seconds. Translate to a Hamster on a running wheel and there you go.
2006-10-12 18:08:17 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's less about how many hamsters equal the power of one horse and more about whether you can make all those hamsters move in unison, in the same direction, or even at all!
The little harnesses will get tangled, the fat little bodies will be bouncing off each other creating friction and drag. Impossible chaos!
2006-10-12 18:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by JaneB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4400
Hp for Horse, hp for hamster.
Assume hamster can pull 2oz at 1 ft per second.
1Hp =550ft-lb/s
1hp =0.125ft-lb/s
Ratio =4400
Of course the metric Lemming would be easier to use in calculations.
2006-10-12 18:07:54 · answer #4 · answered by Kuji 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hampters.com
2016-10-29 05:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends...are we talkin Shetland Pony or Clydesdale?
2006-10-12 18:04:57 · answer #6 · answered by The Nag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask al gore to take the one out of his you know what and run a test.
2006-10-12 18:04:57 · answer #7 · answered by Work In Progress 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6031
2006-10-12 18:05:09 · answer #8 · answered by status quo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7,562
2006-10-12 18:11:33 · answer #9 · answered by shifty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋