What a/c is right for me?

[Timothy]

The Cessna push-me/pull-yous have a good following, and plenty of people that swear by them, but they have disadvantages as well:

• The rear engine is prone to overheating
• It is rather easier to miss a power failure (particularly a partial engine failure)
• the gear is an issue (but so it is on the more conventionally geared C310
• They are so noisy that they are banned from some airfields.

Personally, and having had quite a few engine failures on twins, I would say that asymmetry is rather over emphasised. In a very powerful twin, like a B200 or a DH Mosquito, it can really bite if you get a sudden failure immediately after rotation, and this has resulted in some horrible crashes; but in the kind of aircraft we are discussing here keeping it straight and climbing is not really much of an exercise.

Accordingly, safety following an EFATO is not a reason to buy a 337. You might miss it altogether if it is in the rear engine, so not respond quickly enough and feather while you have the chance, and anyway applying a bit of rudder is not such a big deal.