On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:47:06 -0600, "Montblack" wrote in
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("buttman" wrote)
Are there any planes out there that have two engine, but can't be flown on
one?

Research: P-38 Lightning

Corky Meyer:

"Where the aircraft really came into its own was in performing stalls. The
counter-rotating propellers kept the aircraft pointing straight ahead, so
there was no torque effect to require rudder input as the speed decreased.
Stalls demonstrated a good, early buffet warning, and no wing dropping
occurred at the stall, even with small, pilot-applied aileron and rudder
inputs to try to irritate its lateral and/or directional attitudes near
the stall. It was even more impressive to me when I performed single-
engine stalls with one engine either windmilling or feathered. With one of
the P-38's dual fins and rudders always in the slipstream of a live
engine, a stall could be performed with little or no wing drop. It was a
pilot's dream under the trying conditions of a single-engine approach and
landing."

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200307/ai_n9283659/pg_5

"The 5,000th Lightning built, a P-38J, was painted fire-engine red, and had
the name 'YIPPEE' painted on the underside of the wings in big letters.
This aircraft was used by Lockheed test pilots Milo Burcham and Tony
LeVier in remarkable flight demonstrations, performing such stunts as slow
rolls at treetop level with one prop feathered to show that the P-38 was
not the unmanageable beast of legend. Their exploits did much to reassure
pilots that the Lightning might be a handful, but it was no 'widow maker.'"

http://www.vectorsite.net/avp38.html

Marty
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