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Old 23rd July 2008 | 08:10
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bookworm
 
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Identiffy.......which one is duff ?????
Verify..........get it correct,retard the throttle
Feather....... FLY THE PLANE !

With luck, you'll fly it out straight ahead and gain a few hundred feet
before your good engine overheats.
What has bothered me since initial multi-engine training is that the commonly taught procedures assume that an engine has just two states: "good" or "duff". The procedure caters for the case where a catastrophic engine failure occurs and an immediate shutdown is necessary.

Real life isn't that straightforward, is it? Even if you lose all but 20% of the power in a malfunctioning engine, that 20% might double the excess power available to give the aircraft a sensible airspeed and rate of climb. In an aircraft that is marginal on a single engine, that can make a huge difference to the likelihood of a safe outcome.
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