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100-hour inspection if used for hire, Altimeter
and static system tests, Transponder
tests and Emergency locator transmitter
checks) for required inspections still
apply. Applicants for a multi ratings will be
queried on those and other fundamentals.
Like checking out in any unfamiliar aircraft,
the multiengine student is expected
to be proficient in basic air work and
airport techniques. The FAA's airman
certification standards provide the roadmap
to be navigated-when both engines
behave and when one fails.
The light twin's other personality dominates
when an engine fails. What had been
a great performer with both engines operating
becomes a grossly underpowered dog.
With one engine inoperative (OEI) a
twin's performance is decreased by about
80 percent, not by half as might be assumed
when 50 percent of available power is lost.
Consider a Beech Baron B58, which has
approximately 1,600 feet per minute rate
of climb with both engines operating at
maximum gross weight under standard
atmospheric conditions. With one engine
inoperative, however, rate of climb drops to
about 400 fpm-but only if the inoperative
engine has been properly shut down, its
propeller feathered, the aircraft re-trimmed
to compensate for the asymmetric thrust
that occurs when an engine fails, and the
aircraft flown at the proper airspeed.
Like all underpowered aircraft, there is
no margin for error or sloppiness when an
engine fails in a light twin. That's the bad
news. The good news is that the aircraft
will remain aloft provided the pilot follows
procedures recommended in the pilot's
operating handbook. Furthermore, an aircraft's
performance deteriorates relatively
quickly when an engine fails, but the loss is
not instantaneous. There is sufficient time
for the pilot to follow standard operating
procedures and achieve safe flight with
one engine inoperative.
Hence the need for planning-playing
the " what if " game. What if the engine
fails during takeoff? What if the engine
fails during cruise or any other phase
of flight? A pilot needs to plan. He or
she must know what to do before being
required to act. That's what planning is all
about, whether flying a single or a twin.
Planning is basic. FT
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JOHN W. OLCOTT is an airline transport pilot,
CFII, and remote pilot.
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