Re: Why didn't the Cessna 337 make it?

You need to know hoe to identify the dead engine and feather
the correct prop, otherwise you're going down. In a
conventional twin identification is holding heading with
rudder, "dead foot dead engine" and the litany is

CONTROL
POWER (up)
DRAG (gear and flaps)
IDENTIFY
VERIFY
FEATHER
FLY

secure it

In the 336/337 it isn't as easy or obvious which engine is
sick or dead.

--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPeAdM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:1209e8m35pq4j32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| "Dylan Smith" <dylan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:slrne08k7r.13v.dylan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > [...]
| > The people who are liable to VMC roll a conventional
twin are probably
| > the same people who will stall a 337 while taking their
time over trying
| > to figure out which engine has quit.
|
| I don't see how this is an issue. With centerline thrust,
the pilot
| shouldn't NEED to know which engine has quit. The primary
reason for
| knowing which engine has quit in a convential twin is so
you can use the
| correct control inputs. With centerline thrust, you just
keep flying the
| airplane. Why would any pilot spend any time trying to
figure out which
| engine has quit on a 337? What are they going to do with
that information,
| at least in the immediate sense?
|
| Pete
|
|


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