On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 06:34, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Tony Peden writes: > > Huh!?! Except at high power settings and low speed in a twin, > > engine failure should not cause a big upset. Even then, if you're > > fairly quick to get on the rudder, it's generally very controllable > > (or should be, anyway...) > > A friend of mine has a Frasca sim (cockpit enclosure, full working > panel, etc.) It has a twin mode and I tried repeatedly to survive an > engine out on take off in one of their light twins (forget which one, > maybe a baron?) and had no luck; I hit hard every time. > > I don't know about a real pilot in a real plane, but this sim took a > lot more coaxing than I had in me to even maintain altitude with an > engine out; if you let your airspeed drop below blue line[1] trying to > hold altitude, it get's real ugly real fast. > > [1] Blue line is the speed below which the rudder cannot overcome the > torque effects of a single engine and you can no longer have > directional control. > > I would guess that *many* designs (especially commercial jets) would > be much more survivable in those circumstances. And they'd have the > added advantage of having a real pilot at the controls. :-)
Jet's make it easier, no prop to consider. I'd guess the Part 23 ( and Part 135? ) handling qualities regs are/were easier than those for Part 25. > > Curt. -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
