Porterhouse
In level flight the Seneca five is perfectly happy. We did a crazy thing years back shutting down the one engine and flying the aircraft across the Chanel only restarting to land in France! Also remember over high mountains the Seneca five unlike the barons will fly level on one engine at over 16000 feet.
I have had an engine failure due to a fault in engine manufacture by continental
Which resulted in a brand new unit within 2 weeks.
That engine went at 200 feet at grosse weight,
I estimated it was still producing some power although it was yawing and shaking like mad!
I decided thankfully to keep the unit going with one hand on the RPM lever till circuit height when it was so bad I shut it down!
You do need to be current in any light twin but a failure is manageable
But in the single turbine although the units are very reliable if anything happens there is only one option and that is down! At least in s twin you have options!
At night over fog you hear every clink in that engine!
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 6th Jun 2015 at 17:31.