"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message
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Vaughn wrote:

One more reason why the twin Cri-cri version had it
right, with the two engines well ahead of the
CG, and with exhaust away from anything that might burn.

But introduces the possibility (certainty?) of asymmetric thrust! I
saw a Cri-cri (piston) lose power on TO one year at Oshkosh, it crashed
almost at the crowd line.

Vaughn

Probably because the Cri-cri is such a terrible glider...

Probably so, but I see I was not clear in my above post. The Cri-cri
apparently lost power in one engine only, the one towards the crowd. We
were sitting at the crowd line, but at the other end of the field, so we
were not among the menaced. Looking at the Cri-cri, the engines look close
enough together that you would think that asymmetric thrust would not be a
problem; apparently not so.

Vaughn