Long time ago, the Champion Lancer had a single-engine best
rate of climb of 100 feet per minute down. Fixed gear,
fixed pitch props, a Citabria with a nose-wheel. But it did
have a Vmc and you could get a multiengine rating cheap.


"Morgans" wrote in message
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| "Jim" wrote in message
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| That's the correct phraseology. Loose an engine and
you'll descend to the
| single engine service ceiling (density altitude). The
Aztec is 6000 ft.
| Plenty of MEA's out west that are higher than that.
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| I seem to remember that when the prototype twin Diamond
came out, the SESC
| was something ridiculously low, like 1800 feet. You
couldn't make it over a
| tree at that altitude, even in the East!
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| They improved that, a great bit, for the current model!
g
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| Jim in NC
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