Originally Posted by
AnFI
wot? 2 engines and no fuel? really?
see Cultha thread and Category A Takeoff thread
AnFI,
Running out of fuel can happen to singles as well. Probably 1000's of forced landings/crashes over the years due to it, but maybe not as spectacular as In 2003 there was a very similar thing happening in the south Atlantic. That involved a single engine that also almost made it to destination, even flown by an gods-gift-to-aviation superduper-pilot, that since have had another very interesting thread on this forum also involving a single engine in the water. Although I know what brought down the last one, lets not cloud the story with facts.... just to follow your way of discussing.
Why don't you just create your own single vs twin thread or better yet, reply to one of the still current threads that is open on the topic?!
Twin Turbine, Single engine performance & safety
What is a twin-engined helo allowed to do that a single isn't?
Chop,
You'd be delighted to know, that your wish for a single engine version of the BK117 is slowly but surely on the way, but with a different name and made in Switzerland... Was supposed to kill off the AS350/H125, highly unlikely to happen anytime soon unless Jesus himself intervenes and does some magic to the b.e.w. But it will sure as hell have longer legs than the BK without aux-tanks, but then again, the R44 on the way to the Antarctic was claimed to have had an engine FAILURE and not run out of gas (although there was no record of a proper aux-tank fitted for the flight and the distance is quite much more than the 44's range), so then the extra fuel is just extra weight and will make the rests burn a little bit longer unless you ditch...