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by PerpetualAFK on January 11th, 2007

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When an airplane with 2 engines loses one, it has to fly with only 1 engine. Woudn't this cause the plane to go around in circles? Or are there ways to compensate for it?

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  • by CannedHam on January 11th, 2007

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    In many twin-engine airplanes, the engines are not located too far off the plane's centerline, which runs front to back down the fuselage. Loss of an engine will result in unbalanced thrust but the vertical stabilizer ("rudder") is designed to be big enough to allow the pilot to counter the off-center thrust by turning the rudder in the opposite direction.

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  • by pilotboy22 on March 21st, 2007

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    Bank into the good engine to create a zero side slip this reduces drag significantly. Also we feather the prop which change the blade angle like a knife into the wind very sharp. You can fly around easily on one engine once this has happened

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  • by Kumbaya on February 12th, 2007

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    It would bank to one side a little bit, but this can be easily compensated.

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