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what aircraft has the most thrust?

The already mentioned AN-225 in the "longest aircraft" thread is also the most powerful aircraft. It has over 300.000lbs of thrust available from it's six 51.500lbs engines.

But regarding Civilian aircraft...

The 777 has the most powerful jet engine, the GE 90-94b, rated at 93.000lbs of thrust.
So overall,the 2 engine 777 has 186.000lbs of thrust.

However it's surpassed by the 747-400 which has 4 engines

Most thrust: probably answered by Nexus

Most power for a turboprop(in HP)
Kuznetsov NK-12
Does about 15.000 HP on a Tu-95
The Tu-114 used the same engines de-rated to around 12.000 HP
A newer version of this engine is used in the An-70, these do around 13.000-14.000 HP each
Usually fitted with huge propellers running at a low RPM

Strongest turboshaft engine (Helicopter)
Loratev D-136, good for 11.400 HP each
THe Mi-26 has 2 of those engines.

GE90-115B, 115000lb thrust. very good jet engine. very big as well. most powerful jet engine.

Kuznetsov NK-12, around 15000hp. as Ivan said, a very good engine, and very powerful. probably most powerful prop engine.

Akula

PS. By the way, did you know that someone got the NK-12 to haul out 16300hp in a rig test! apparently it very nearly blew out the rig from under the engine!

oh crap, forgot about the new GE90...oh well  ::)
How long has it been in service, 3 months or what  ???

what does the an 124 have?

Loratev D-18, 229,9KN each

An-225 has 6 of these, they are modified to be stage 3 compliant, which the An-124 isn't

That's just above 50.000lbs of thrust? (correct me if I'm wrong here)
For some reason I thought the 225 has beefier engines

efficient wing design helps a lot