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Old October 11th 06, 08:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
cjcampbell
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Default Why are multiple engines different?


karl gruber wrote:
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karl gruber wrote:
Some can, easily.

Karl


Hasn't Bob Hooover demonstrated that in the Shrike?

He usually takes off with NO engines!

The Shrike might do it if you could get it going fast enough at the start
without running off the side of the runway. A twin will have a HUGE turning
tendency at low speed. I wouldn't want to try it.


Heck, I can't even taxi a Seminole on one engine, at least not from a
standing start. An Aztec is easier.

I know a DC-3 can take off on one engine, given a running start (or
even from a standing start if you face the near end of the runway, rev
up the engine, turn rapidly toward the bad engine and engage the wheel
lock once you are facing the correct way down the runway -- or is that
a safe procedure?). But the DC-3 is not a light twin.

Were you thinking perhaps of a Beech 18? Knowing you, the people you
know, and the crowd you hang out with, it would not surprise me. :-)
But you know, calling the 18 a light twin is a bit of a stretch, too.
It is a 10,000 lb. airplane.

Seems to me, if you fly more than one type or don't fly much,
announcing the best single engine climb speed and bugging it during the
pre-takeoff briefing is a good idea.

No this was done "kinda" safely.

Karl


 




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