Thanks again. I grasp the nuance between static and actual thrust but that is not what I'm wondering. I've seen some rather high numbers it seems to me posted for static thrust figures and I'd certainly not impune the offerings, but do wonder about technique yielding the numbers.

To clarify... What I'm wondering is this. If a motor, prop and cradle weighed 10 lbs and was hooked to a scale in the vertical position and yielded a measurement of zero, the static thrust would be 10 lbs after factoring gravity weight of the motor, prop and cradle but what would the measurement be in the horizontal plane? Would the scale measure 10 lbs?