thrust

     

Thrust is a reaction force escribed quantitatively by Newton's Second and Third Laws. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction the accelerated mass will cause a proportional but opposite force on that system.

Trivia about thrust

  • Each engine of a 747 generates over 43,000 pounds of this force
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew sits in front of the intake fan of a jet engine.) The jet engines of the 777 have up to 115,000 pounds of this, the physical force they generate to fight drag
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.) To accelerate a plane, this force must be greater than the drag. Luckily, the F-16's engines provide 27,000 pounds of it