Originally Posted by JW411
I'm surprised to hear that the Cessna 336/337 tried to rotate itself if the rear engine failed on take-off.
I would have thought that both engines were mounted at the same thrust line but I am obviously wrong.
It's not that the airplane would self-rotate - it's just that failure of the aft engine wasn't real obvious to the driver, and unless he cross-checked his gages, he might try to TO with the aft engine stopped.
I think there's been a few accidents due to this.
In fact, the aft engine has a thrust line a foot or two higher than the front, so it's possible that aft engine failure might cause some pitch-up. Can't say for sure.