Originally Posted by
Dougie M
a practice continued for a while on the Herc until they realised that the remaining three Allison turbo props at max throttle would take you straight to the scene of the accident!
Having an engine shut down on Albert above Vr does not present any issues with handling (since Vr is > Vmca1). The reason that routine engine shutdowns to simulate engine failures (practice assymetric) were banned on Albert was the loss of XV198 at Colerne in Sep 1973 which, while overshooting practice assymetric lost a second engine at 400ft.
During my time on Albert you only ever got to see practice assymetric once during the OCU (Ex 3 IIRC), and that was done straight and level in the cruise.
At all other times assymetric (whether single or double) was
simulated assymetric ie the power levers were retarded to set zero torque.