Jumbo driver,
Thanks for the correction on my wording. I guess we mean the same thing, but my English in only "level 4".
To eat up all the ground clearance for the underslung engines however, you really have to actually bank quite a bit. This danger is usually overestimated and probably not the biggest problem one encounters with a crosswind take-off, or landing, for that matter. On the 737, Boeing even had the engine pods redesigned to accommodate further.
I personally never heard of an "engine scrape" during take-off. Tailstrikes are another issue though, especially on landing.
It might be a bigger issue on 4-engined aircraft.
Last edited by latetonite; 17th May 2009 at 11:53.