Editing Thrust-to-weight ratio (section)

==Examples==

===Aircraft===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Vehicle
! thrust-weight ratio
! Notes
|-
| [[B-2 Spirit|Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit]]
| 0.205<ref>[[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit]]</ref>
| Max take-off weight, full power
|-
| [[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-300 Enhanced]]
| 0.2229
| Max take-off weight, full power
|-
| [[Airbus A380]]
| 0.227
| Max take-off weight, full power
|-
| [[Boeing 747-8]]
| 0.269
| Max take-off weight, full power
|-
| [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-200ER]]
| 0.285
|  Max take-off weight, full power
|-
| [[Boeing 737 MAX|Boeing 737 MAX 8]]
| 0.311
| Max take-off weight, full power
|-
| [[Airbus A320neo family|Airbus A320neo]]
| 0.310
| Max take-off weight, full power
|-
| [[Boeing 757-200]]
| 0.341
| Max take-off weight, full power (w/Rolls-Royce RB211)
|-
| [[Tupolev Tu-154|Tupolev 154B]]
| 0.360
| Max take-off weight, full power (w/Kuznetsov NK-8-2)
|-
| [[Tupolev Tu-160]]
| 0.363 {{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
| Max take-off weight, full [[afterburners]]
|-
| [[Concorde]]
| 0.372
| Max take-off weight, full afterburners
|-
| [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer|Rockwell International B-1 Lancer]]
| 0.38
| Max take-off weight, full afterburners
|-
| [[HESA Kowsar]]
| 0.61
| With full fuel, afterburners.
|-
| [[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
| 0.65<ref>[[BAE Systems Hawk]]</ref>
| 
|-
| [[English Electric Lightning|Lightning F.6]]
| 0.702
| Max take-off weight, full afterburners
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|Lockheed Martin F-35 A]]
| 0.87 {{citation needed|reason=No source|date=October 2023}}
| With full fuel (1.07 with 50% fuel, 1.19 with 25% fuel)
|-
| [[HAL Tejas|HAL Tejas Mk 1]]
| 1.07
| With full fuel
|-
| [[CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder]]
| 1.07
| With full fuel
|-
| [[Dassault Rafale]]
| 0.988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviationsmilitaires.net/display/variant/1|title=AviationsMilitaires.net — Dassault Rafale C|website=www.aviationsmilitaires.net|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225213942/http://www.aviationsmilitaires.net/display/variant/1|archive-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
| Version M, 100% fuel, 2 EM A2A missile, 2 IR A2A missiles
|-
| [[Su-30MKM|Sukhoi Su-30MKM]]
| 1.00<ref name="Wikipedia">[[Sukhoi Su-30MKM#Specifications .28Su-30MKM.29]]</ref>
| Loaded weight with 56% internal fuel
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|McDonnell Douglas F-15]]
| 1.04<ref>{{cite web
  | publisher = About.com:Inventors
  | title = F-15 Eagle Aircraft
  | url = http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blF_15_Eagle.htm
  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120709021041/http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blF_15_Eagle.htm
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = July 9, 2012
  | access-date = 2009-03-03
  }}</ref>
| Nominally loaded
|-
| [[Mikoyan MiG-29]]
| 1.09<ref name=militaire>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mig-29-specs.htm|title=MiG-29 FULCRUM|first=John|last=Pike|website=www.globalsecurity.org|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819232555/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mig-29-specs.htm|archive-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| Full internal fuel, 4 AAMs
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor|Lockheed Martin F-22]]
| {{sort| 1.09 | >1.09 (1.26 with loaded weight and 50% fuel)<ref name=militaire2>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviationsmilitaires.net/display/aircraft/87/f_a-22|title=AviationsMilitaires.net — Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor|website=www.aviationsmilitaires.net|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225213945/http://www.aviationsmilitaires.net/display/aircraft/87/f_a-22|archive-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>}}
| 
|-
| [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16]]
| 1.096{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} (1.24 with loaded weight & 50% fuel)
|
|-
| [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]]
| 1.1{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}
| [[VTOL]]
|-
| [[Eurofighter Typhoon]]
| 1.15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eurofighter.airpower.at/vergleich.htm|title=Eurofighter Typhoon|website=eurofighter.airpower.at|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109033535/http://eurofighter.airpower.at/vergleich.htm|archive-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>
| Interceptor configuration
|-
|[[Sukhoi Su-35]]
|1.30
|
|-
| [[Space Shuttle]]
| 1.3<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Kwan-Jie |last2=Minet |first2=Lucas |last3=Lee |first3=Angela |title=lwtech 2021 velocity and acceleration profiles of space shuttles |url=https://www.lwtech.edu/academics/undergraduate-research-at-lwtech/annual-applied-research-symposium/symposium-e-portfolio/docs/lwtech-2021-velocity-and-acceleration-profiles-of-space-shuttles.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811212954/https://www.lwtech.edu/academics/undergraduate-research-at-lwtech/annual-applied-research-symposium/symposium-e-portfolio/docs/lwtech-2021-velocity-and-acceleration-profiles-of-space-shuttles.pdf |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=lwtech}}</ref>
| Take-off
|-
| [[Simorgh (rocket)]]
| 1.83
|
|-
| [[Space Shuttle]]
| 3
| Peak
|}

===Jet and rocket engines===
{{sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Engine
! rowspan="2" | Mass
! colspan=2 | Thrust, vacuum
! rowspan=2 | Thrust-to-<br/>weight ratio
|-
! (kN)
! (lbf)
|-
|[[Jonker JS-1 Revelation|MD-TJ42]] powered sailplane jet engine<ref>{{Cite web |title=EASA.E.099 - MD-TJ series engines {{!}} EASA |url=https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/type-certificates/engine-cs-e/easae099-md-tj-series-engines |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.easa.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>
|align=right|3.85kg (8.48 lb)
|align=right|0.35
|align=right|78.7
|align=right|9.09
|-
| [[RD-0410]] nuclear rocket engine<ref name="astronautix1">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd0410.htm|title=RD-0410 |last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref><ref name="KBKhA-RD0410">{{cite web |title= |script-title=ru: РД0410. Ядерный ракетный двигатель. Перспективные космические аппараты |trans-title=RD0410. Nuclear Rocket Engine. Advanced launch vehicles |url=http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=66 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130084749/http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=66 |archive-date=30 November 2010 |publisher=KBKhA - [[Chemical Automatics Design Bureau]] |language=ru}}</ref>

|align=right| {{Convert|2000|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| 35.2
|align=right| {{convert|35.2|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:35.2/(2000*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[Pratt & Whitney J58]] jet engine<br>([[Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird]])<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.marchfield.org/sr71a.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729002902/http://www.marchfield.org/sr71a.htm| title=Aircraft: Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird| archive-date=2012-07-29| access-date=2010-04-16| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=880 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404113157/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=880| title=Factsheets : Pratt & Whitney J58 Turbojet| publisher=National Museum of the United States Air Force| access-date=2010-04-15| archive-date=2015-04-04| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|align=right| {{Convert|2722|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| 150
|align=right| {{convert|150|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:150/(2722*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593]]<br />[[turbojet]] with reheat <br>([[Concorde]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Rolls-Royce SNECMA Olympus - Jane's Transport News |url=http://www.janes.com/transport/news/jae/jae000725_1_n.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806140324/http://www.janes.com/transport/news/jae/jae000725_1_n.shtml| archive-date=2010-08-06 |url-status=dead |quote=With afterburner, reverser and nozzle ... 3,175 kg ... Afterburner ... 169.2 kN |access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref>
|align=right| {{Convert|3,175|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| 169.2
|align=right| {{convert|169.2|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right |{{formatnum:{{#expr:169.2/(3175*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[Pratt & Whitney F119]]<ref>[http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1596.pdf Military Jet Engine Acquisition], RAND, 2002.</ref>
|align=right| {{Cvt|1800|kg}}
|align=right| {{convert|20500|lbf|kN|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:20500}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:7.95}}
|-
| PBS TJ40-G1NS jet engine<ref>{{cite web |title=PBS TJ40-G1NS |url=https://www.pbs.cz/en/Aerospace/Aircraft-Engines/Jet-Engines-PBS-TJ40-G1NS |publisher=PBS Velká Bíteš |access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
|align=right| {{Cvt|3.6|kg}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:0.425}}
|align=right| {{convert|425|N|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:425/(3.6*9.80665)round 2}}}}
|-
| [[RD-0750]] rocket engine<br> three-propellant mode<ref name="KBKhA-RD0750">{{cite web |script-title = ru:"Конструкторское бюро химавтоматики" - Научно-исследовательский комплекс / РД0750. |trans-title=«Konstruktorskoe Buro Khimavtomatiky» - Scientific-Research Complex / RD0750. |publisher=KBKhA - [[Chemical Automatics Design Bureau]] |url=http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=57 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726074426/http://www.kbkha.ru/?p=8&cat=11&prod=57 |archive-date = 26 July 2011 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

|align=right| {{Convert|4,621|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:1413}}
|align=right| {{convert|1413|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1413/(4621*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[RD-0146]] rocket engine<ref name="astronautix2">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd0146.htm|title=RD-0146 |last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref>

|align=right| {{Convert|260|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:98}}
|align=right| {{convert|98|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:98/(260*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[Aerojet Rocketdyne|Rocketdyne]] [[RS-25]] rocket engine<br>(Space Shuttle Main Engine)<ref>[http://www.astronautix.com/engines/ssme.htm SSME]</ref>

|align=right| {{Convert|3177|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:2278}}
|align=right| {{convert|2278|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2278/(3177*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
|[[RD-180]] rocket engine<ref>{{cite web |title=RD-180 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd180.htm |access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref>
|align=right| {{convert|5393|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:4152}}
|align=right| {{convert|4152|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4152/(5383*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[RD-170]] rocket engine
|align=right| {{Convert|9750|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:7887}}
|align=right| {{convert|7887|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:7887/(9750*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[F-1 (rocket engine)|F-1]]<br>([[Saturn V]] first stage)<ref>[http://www.astronautix.com/engines/f1.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica: F-1]</ref>
|align=right| {{Convert|8391|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:7740.5}}
|align=right| {{convert|7740.5|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:7740.5/(8391*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[NK-33]] rocket engine<ref name="NK33">{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica |title= NK-33 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/n/nk-33.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |first= Mark |last=Wade}}</ref>
|align=right| {{Convert|1222|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:1638}}
|align=right| {{convert|1638|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1638/(1222*0.00980665)round 1}}}}
|-
| [[SpaceX Raptor]] 3 rocket engine<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sesnic |first=Trevor |date=2022-07-14 |title=Raptor 1 vs Raptor 2: What did SpaceX change? |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/spacex-raptor-engine-comparison/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Everyday Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref>
|align=right| {{Convert|1525|kg|abbr=on}}
|align=right| 2,746
|align=right| {{convert|2746|kN|lbf|disp=output number only}}
|align=right| 183.6
|-
| [[Merlin 1D]] rocket engine, <br>full-thrust version<ref name="Merlin 1D">{{cite web |last=Mueller |first=Thomas |title=Is SpaceX's Merlin 1D's thrust-to-weight ratio of 150+ believable? |work=Quora |url=https://www.quora.com/Is-SpaceXs-Merlin-1Ds-thrust-to-weight-ratio-of-150+-believable/answer/Thomas-Mueller-11 |access-date=July 9, 2015 |date=June 8, 2015 |quote=The Merlin 1D weighs 1030 pounds, including the hydraulic steering (TVC) actuators. It makes 162,500 pounds of thrust in vacuum. that is nearly 158 thrust/weight. The new full thrust variant weighs the same and makes about 185,500 lbs force in vacuum.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SpaceX |url=http://www.spacex.com/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=SpaceX |language=en}}</ref>
|align=right| {{Cvt|467|kg}}
|align=right| 914
|align=right| 205,500
|align=right| 199.5
|}

=== Fighter aircraft ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Thrust-to-weight ratios, fuel weights, and weights of different fighter planes
|-
!Specifications
! [[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle|F-15K]]{{efn| Pratt & Whitney engines}}
! F-15C
! MiG-29K
! MiG-29B
! [[CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder|JF-17]]
! [[Chengdu J-10|J-10]]
! F-35A
! F-35B
! F-35C
! F-22
! [[HAL Tejas|LCA Mk-1]]
|-
| Engines thrust, maximum (N)
| 259,420 (2)
| 208,622 (2)
| 176,514 (2)
| 162,805 (2)
| 84,400 (1)
| 122,580 (1)
| 177,484 (1)
| 177,484 (1)
| 177,484 (1)
| 311,376 (2)
| 84,516 (1)
|-
| Aircraft mass, empty (kg)
| 17,010
| 14,379
| 12,723
| 10,900
| 7,965
| 09,250
| 13,290
| 14,515
| 15,785
| 19,673
|  6,560
|-
| Aircraft mass, full fuel (kg)
| 23,143
| 20,671
| 17,963
| 14,405
| 11,365
| 13,044
| 21,672
| 20,867
| 24,403
| 27,836
|  9,500
|-
| Aircraft mass, max. take-off load (kg)
| 36,741
| 30,845
| 22,400
| 18,500
| 13,500
| 19,277
| 31,752
| 27,216
| 31,752
| 37,869
| 13,500
|-
| Total fuel mass (kg)
| 06,133
| 06,292
| 05,240
| 03,505
| 02,300
| 03,794
| 08,382
| 06,352
| 08,618
| 08,163
| 02,458
|-
| T/W ratio, full fuel
| 1.14
| 1.03
| 1.00
| 1.15
| 1.07
| 1.05
| 0.84
| 0.87
| 0.74
| 1.14
| 1.07
|-
| T/W ratio, max. take-off load
| 0.72
| 0.69
| 0.80
| 0.89
| 0.70
| 0.80
| 0.57
| 0.67
| 0.57
| 0.84
| 0.80
|}

* Table for Jet and rocket engines: jet thrust is at sea level
* Fuel density used in calculations: 0.803&nbsp;kg/l
* For the metric table, the ''T''/''W'' ratio is calculated by dividing the thrust by the product of the full fuel aircraft weight and the acceleration of gravity.
* J-10's engine rating is of AL-31FN.