Timeline for What difficulties may you find when controlling an aircraft with one engine on fire?
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| Sep 10, 2022 at 20:05 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | Like many metals, aluminum can burn if it is a powder. If your aluminum airplane turns to powder, you were already in a lot of trouble. | |
| Sep 9, 2022 at 5:25 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @757toga That is why their minimum speed is a lot lower than that of Part 25 certified designs. A lower minimum speed makes many more fields and roads into possible landing spots. | |
| Sep 8, 2022 at 22:55 | comment | added | user22445 | For light twin engine airplanes (under 6000 pounds MTOW) certificated under FAR Part 23, there is no requirement for a positive rate of climb or maintaining altitude with one engine inop. Depending on the circumstances (weight, temperature, altitude, etc.) finding a safe landing spot could be the major problem. | |
| Sep 8, 2022 at 21:42 | history | answered | Jan Hudec | CC BY-SA 4.0 |