Bill...
While were waiting on a reply from Lynn I decided to give you a little more to think about. I think I see why you aren't able to get a handle on this whole horsepower thing. Those guys that worked out a definition for a horsepower, could have used the force it took to drag the weight over the ground instead of lifting it.
Take a look at the lifting of the car. If instead of calculating what it take to lift the car, you calculate what horsepower it takes to drag or push the weight 220 ft horizontally in one second. For that matter you can determine what it takes to push it down a 220 ft hole in one second! When you lift the car weight adds to the horsepower, when you push the car horizontally the weight doesn't effect the power, when you push the car down a hole the weight adds to power. If you did the math you would find it takes 7874 hp to lift the car, 7086 hp to push it horizontally, and only 6299 hp to push it down the hole.
WHAT ALL THIS MEANS IS THAT THE INERTIA FORCE PLUS THE WEIGHT IS WORKING AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU'RE LIFTING, THE INERTIA FORCE IS AGAINST YOU BUT THE WEIGHT FORCE IS AT 90 DEG TO THE DIRECTION YOU'RE PUSHING WHEN GOING HORIZONTALLY, AND THE WEIGHT FORCE IS GOING SAME DIRECTION YOU ARE BUT INERTIA FORCE IS STILL AGAINST YOU WHEN PUSHING DOWN A HOLE.
I looked back at what I just wrote and maybe it'll just confuse you more, but I went to all trouble to write it so I'll let it fly and see what happens!
While were waiting on a reply from Lynn I decided to give you a little more to think about. I think I see why you aren't able to get a handle on this whole horsepower thing. Those guys that worked out a definition for a horsepower, could have used the force it took to drag the weight over the ground instead of lifting it.
Take a look at the lifting of the car. If instead of calculating what it take to lift the car, you calculate what horsepower it takes to drag or push the weight 220 ft horizontally in one second. For that matter you can determine what it takes to push it down a 220 ft hole in one second! When you lift the car weight adds to the horsepower, when you push the car horizontally the weight doesn't effect the power, when you push the car down a hole the weight adds to power. If you did the math you would find it takes 7874 hp to lift the car, 7086 hp to push it horizontally, and only 6299 hp to push it down the hole.
WHAT ALL THIS MEANS IS THAT THE INERTIA FORCE PLUS THE WEIGHT IS WORKING AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU'RE LIFTING, THE INERTIA FORCE IS AGAINST YOU BUT THE WEIGHT FORCE IS AT 90 DEG TO THE DIRECTION YOU'RE PUSHING WHEN GOING HORIZONTALLY, AND THE WEIGHT FORCE IS GOING SAME DIRECTION YOU ARE BUT INERTIA FORCE IS STILL AGAINST YOU WHEN PUSHING DOWN A HOLE.
I looked back at what I just wrote and maybe it'll just confuse you more, but I went to all trouble to write it so I'll let it fly and see what happens!