Question about center-line push-pull engine configuration

Thank you very much for your advice and information, Mr.x. So seems
efficiency not a big issue. good to hear that.

Shin

"x" wrote in message news:2URwc.62186$Ly.20810@attbi_s01...
Balance is one issue. The wing wants to be near the engine (look at pushers
vs. pullers - pushers are rear wing, pullers are front wing). So you can't
just stick another engine on the tail of a standard config plane.

Thrustlines are another issue. If you are flying and you lose the front
engine, do you nose up? Nose down? Ditto for the rear.

Google for the Cessna Skymaster to read up on the pros and cons.

Then go to www.scaled.com and look at some of Burt Rutan's designs like the
Rutan Bommerang for some out-of-the-box thinking on twins.

One might ask - why do you want two engines?
- More power? Get a bigger single engine.
- More reliability? Get a more reliable single engine. There are many
alternatives to continental and lycoming one the scene now. People have
been saying this for years, but it's really true now. Since you are
thinking about a new design (experimental) you don't need to wait for FAA
certification to use an engine. I haven't checked the NTSB database (you
certainly could - www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp), but from googling other
peoples discussions, it seems the accident rates for singles and twins are
the same.

Enjoy the argument that's about to start, or check the archives of this
newsgroup for basically the same argument, only repeated every few months...