Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do a really short take-off in a fully loaded C402.
You can - least in terms of getting the wheels off the ground in a hurry!
Just take off with full flap down! Man do they leap into the air!
Don't know what would have happened if an engine had failed - but I suspect it would not have been pretty.
To this day I shake my head at how I missed it in the pre-TO checks.
Dr