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The risk of 1 engine failing is bigger when you have two.. Ref. the flightglobal link I provided in post #3..
I could find no such reference
could you elaborate?
lomapaseo, from what I understand the flightglobal article is about blade containment and aircraft configurations. Airbus and Boeing have to have guidelines as what is certifyable and what is not. Having something inbetween the engines removes some certification concerns.
Bit of thread drift to the slightly smaller segment...
Bjornhall, could be a start. As you say speed is less important on regional flights. A CROR is significantly faster / more complex then a conventional prop. I believe ATR is looking into a bigger turboprop up to 100 seats. They call it the "-900".
ATR refers to new turboprop study as '-900'
I understand Bombardier was also looking at a bigger prop, although I wonder how much further a Q400 could be stretched and they probably have there hands/budgets tied to the Cseries.