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Bluesman · 10-23-2007, 06:47 AM

wabpilot's correct on both things: when I got my multi-engine ticket, just about 90% of the training was engine-out procedures. This is just common sense, because obviously, when your airplane has suddenly become 'asymmetrical' - one side thrusting, the other side dragging - you are going to have some SERIOUS controllability issues, quite apart from a massive loss of power.

Also, I back him up that a single motor on a 'good' design beats two on a 'bad' design.

But, all other factors being equal, and they never are

, I'd rather have two engines than one.

10-23-2007, 06:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,514 Country:	wabpilot's correct on both things: when I got my multi-engine ticket, just about 90% of the training was engine-out procedures. This is just common sense, because obviously, when your airplane has suddenly become 'asymmetrical' - one side thrusting, the other side dragging - you are going to have some SERIOUS controllability issues, quite apart from a massive loss of power. Also, I back him up that a single motor on a 'good' design beats two on a 'bad' design. But, all other factors being equal, and they never are , I'd rather have two engines than one. __________________ "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory." - George Orwell