Originally Posted by englishal
Part of the FAA ME rating is to perform a Vmc demo (at height
) where you fail and engine, then go full power on the other and pitch up to let the speed decay to below Vmc. The thing that surprised me was the speed at which you loose it when it goes.
Unless it is a turbocharged aircraft Vmc is a bit academic "at height" as the live one won't be developing anything like 100% power.
Did the instructor/examiner wedge something (their foot for example) under a rudder pedal to simulate loss of rudder authority at "Vmc", or did you actually allow speed to go well below Vmc and therefore close to stall speed - which engine out is fairly exciting.