Corrected entry: When discussing building a new plane, Frank Towns observes that the remaining engine puts out "2000 pounds of thrust." A piston aircraft engine's power is measured in horsepower; "pounds of thrust" would be used to measure the power of a jet engine.
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Correction: If you do a search in google on "prop" "pounds" and "thrust" you can find many websites discussing propeller engines and the pounds of thrust they produce. Horsepower means nothing when you need to understand how much thrust will be produced and its effect on the new aircraft that is much smaller than the engine was built for.
Joshua Skains