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![]() karl gruber wrote: "cjcampbell" wrote in message ups.com... 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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![]() "cjcampbell" 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. Chris, I'm sure you know this and probably realized it the second you clicked on send, but......... Takeoff numbers are calculated for every takeoff, without exception. Weight, altitude, temperature, wind, slope, runway condition are factored and V speeds are posted. Different pilots post different speeds. Some airplane can post only one speed....some up to 4 that I've seen. But V2 is always posted on the pilot flying side. All transport aircraft have charts and most have been tabulated. Some have computer programs and some, I hear, are somehow automatically "bugged." Best, Karl |
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![]() karl gruber wrote: "cjcampbell" 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. Chris, I'm sure you know this and probably realized it the second you clicked on send, but......... I can only plead having a bad cold. I can barely thimk. |
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