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Flugzeug A
More dufus questions from me , sorry...
It’s got 2 engines , how does it fare when 1 quits when it’s being an aeroplane , and if 1 quits when doing hovering / vertical stuff?
Can a single engine keep it in the air when hovering?
I know helicopters autorotate but how do you do that if another ‘rotor’ - using that term as I don’t know the correct 1 & I’m referring to helicopter stuff-is powered?
It’s brand new , so I assume that like the F35 , lots of stuff is automated but can anyone answer the above please?
Ta!
there is a shaft that connects both sides. Should one engine fail, the other engine can power both sides at reduced capacity. The V-22 has a similar system. So hovering at full load, at full power and one quits, you are probably not going to have a great day, but will live to tell about it. They are suppose to be able to auto rotate but I have no knowledge on that subject.
in forward flight the loss of an engine should be better than in a conventional airplane, because you will still have power to both sides and won't have a dead prop on one side.