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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:51:34 -0500, Matt Whiting
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Approximately? They are exactly the same.

Of course your odds of having an engine failure with two engines is
double of what it would be with one, and quadruple with four.

No, because the engines aren't completely independent of each other.
Most have at least one common system (fuel).

Matt



Running out of fuel is not my idea of "engine failure".

It is in the context of flying over the mountains at night. The reason
that the prop stopped spinning is irrelevant to the outcome.


Matt