This sounds a little on the macho side. He may be making it sound worse
than it is. With low power there's not that much yaw into the failed
engine. If you get too slow and try to do a go around on one engine you
could sure manage to roll it over.

If you want to understand it .. find a CFI to take you out for a quick
ride and demo minimum controllable airspeed (Vmc) on one engine
for you. There's a red line on the airspeed indicator for Vmc. This
is under set conditions though and in reality can change due to weight,
CG location, altitude. An airspeed below this won't give you sufficient
directional control. Pitching down and removing power gets control
back by increasing airspeed and reducing asymetrical thrust.



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My understanding is that the aircraft will tend to roll due to the side
with the failed engine having less lift. My CFI was explaining this to me
some time ago.

Engine failure would require immediate and extreme rudder input and
feathering the props on the failed engine to reduce the drag. He said
something about "Lawn Dart" and that it can happen in a blink of the eye.

I'm a ASEL primary student. What's the skinny on multi-engine control
issues when one engine fails on approach?

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Mike Flyin'8
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
http://flying.4alexanders.com