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Old October 11th 06, 03:14 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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Default Why are multiple engines different?

Actually, you can't even taxi a Baron on one engine and the
Duke is even worse. The King Air can be taxied on one
engine. Once you get up to enough speed some twins can make
a single-engine take-ff if the engine fails at or above Vmc,
But until you get to the 300/350 King Air, a single-engine
take-off is not assured.

I've had several engine failures and if you are rolling, you
can steer, but if you stop, you need a tow back to the ramp
in most twins.



"Sylvain" wrote in message
t...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| Vmcg is the speed where you can't maintain heading with
the
| critical engine failed and there is not enough rudder or
| tire steering. Yaw is most severe at low speed because
the
| rudder is ineffective and some airplanes have steering
| problems with tire geometry.
|
| by the way, that's one of the things that MS FS gets
| wrong with the light twins: with a long enough runway you
| can takeoff with only one engine...
|
| --Sylvain