On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Big John wrote:
I've see reports of a belly landing in a twin where the Pilot shut the
engines down on final and used the starters to turn the props
horizontal. Belly landing did not cause any prop or engine damage.
I've read of guys killing themselves & passengers that way, because they'd
never practiced engine-out landings, or because they got too slow trying
to stop the prop(s), and stalled on final. So whatever you plan to do,
just make sure you practice it safely before you have to do it for real.
-Dan
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