Engine configurations
I've been meaning to ask this question for years. Apologies if it's initially posted on the wrong board: no doubt it will rapidly be relocated somewhere more appropriate...
What is it that determines engine positioning for twin-engined transport aircraft design in relation to size? It seems that in current practise the preferred location for engines - in the case of smaller aircraft, executive jets & RJs for example - is invariably at the rear of the fuselage whereas most larger aircraft nowadays place the engines on wing mounted pylons - which looks structurally more critical to my naive eyes, as well as noisier!
I have no reason for asking this except that it strikes me periodically when I have nothing better to think about!
And by the way PPRUNE, there seems to a bug in the entry/preview screen in relation to hard returns inserted into the text-entry window - it's stripping them unpredictably.