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To: taildragger

I hope that thing glides well because I would hate to have an engine failure on a single engine aircraft.


5 posted on 07/23/2007 10:33:02 AM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: randomhero97
I hope that thing glides well because I would hate to have an engine failure on a single engine aircraft.

With piston engines, single-engine planes are safer than light twins. With twice the engines, you are twice as likely to have an engine failure, and when you do, the plane is less controllable. My old flight instructor used to say that having a light twin merely allowed you to crash somewhat closer to the airport than in a single-enine aircraft.

I don't know whether that statistic will carry over to a single engine vs. twin engine light jet. Turbine engines are incredibly reliable, so it's probably a moot point. Weather and pilot error will bring down many more of these little jets than engine failures.

-ccm

13 posted on 07/23/2007 10:45:09 AM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: randomhero97; Yo-Yo; ccmay
I would hate to have an engine failure on a single engine aircraft.

Nawww...GlobalFlyer went around the world non-stop - on a single turbo-fan jet engine!

The biggest risk for a jet (any jet) is FOD (Foreign Object Damage), birds, runway debris, etc. But that's pretty rare.

I'm personally more adverse to the 'V'-tail configuration. Beechcraft V-tailed Bonanzas were plagued with an unsettling 'wiggle' and went to a conventional tail (vertical stabilizer and horizontal tailplane) for current models.

An old Indian chief who looked at a Beecraft noted "Ugh, arrow need 3 feathers to fly straight!"

Interesting design, anyway...

24 posted on 07/23/2007 11:39:24 AM PDT by GoldCountryRedneck ("Flying is like Life: Know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there." - 'Ol Dad)
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