Multi-engine aircraft have enough power to successfully takeoff if one engine fails after V1. But what if, on a runway equal to the specified takeoff distance, someone decided to roll with one engine out? Are the airplanes specified be able to lift off before running out of runway?
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$\begingroup$ May I ask the obvious question: Why would one roll out with one engine out? If we assume a special case (ferry flight of a 4-engine plane that suffered an engine failure), the plane will be empty of passengers and cargo, and all calculations will be remade. $\endgroup$– user12873Commented Aug 22, 2021 at 4:10
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1$\begingroup$ Related: Can an empty 747-400 with minimal fuel take off on two engines? $\endgroup$– BianfableCommented Aug 22, 2021 at 9:41
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$\begingroup$ Starting the takeoff run without having all the engines operating that your data assumed would be operating is such a monumentally bad plan that it's hard to list all the ways things could go wrong... over-runs, VMCG issues, VMCA issues, climb gradients, etc. What might work despite such a mistake with a light aircraft + 3 miles of dry lake bed (i.e. just like an engine-out ferry, just unintentional) probably would fail in a way that makes the evening news most everywhere else. $\endgroup$– Ralph J ♦Commented Aug 22, 2021 at 12:47
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You will not achieve book performance if you don't fly with book configuration.
See the portion of DeltaLima's answer here, including emphasis added by me:
[Takeoff Distance Required] has the aircraft accelerating to V1, suffering an engine failure at V1 and then continuing the take-off. This take-off involves accelerating from V1 to Vr, lifting off, retracting gear while accelerating and climbing, reaching V2 and 35 feet at the end of the runway. The runway length required for this scenario is the Take-Off Distance Required (TODR). The higher V1 the lower the TODR. This because when V1 is higher the part of the scenario that involves accelerating on a single engine becomes smaller.
These calculations take into account aircraft weight, engine thrust, aircraft configuration and runway condition.
Takeoff Distance Required is defined as the runway distance necessary to accelerate on all engines to V1, then experience an engine failure, then continue the takeoff to 35 feet above the ground.
It is self-evident that accelerating on less than all engines will require more runway than accelerating on all engines. Therefore you will not achieve the TODR numbers by starting your takeoff roll on one engine.
