wrote:

Matt Whiting wrote:

Jim Macklin wrote:

There are pilots who fly once a day and some who fly once a
month. Some pilots are very good and others, sad to say,
are more concerned with the stock market crash, than their
up-coming airplane crash.

Yes, sad but true.



The Cessna company marketed the 337 to the non-professional
businessman pilot as an easy to fly safer twin. It wasn't
possible. Since Vmca is well below Vyse, any multiengine
pilot should consider Vyse as the speed of concern [blue
line] rather than the redline at Vmca. Yaw control is not a
problem if the pilot understands the performance goal.

Yes, I understand that. I'm just still incredulous that you could lose
50% of your power and 50% of your performance and claim to not notice.



But during takeoff, while the wheels were still on the runway,
what loss of performance would there be other than slower
acceleration?

I'm not aware of any other loss of performance while on the runway. But
losing 50% of your acceleration is typically pretty noticeable. And
with the drag of the unfeathered prop on the dead engine, the loss would
be even more than 50%.


Matt