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Old 1st Jun 2009, 22:23
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You will find that only a couple of aircraft in production are able to take off on one engine when they are configured for "normal" contractual operations.

The limiting factor for most helicopters is the rating of the transmission. A single engine (of the two) is usually not rated with enough power to operate the helicopter through all phases of flight by itself with MAUW.
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