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Old 09-24-2012, 11:46 PM
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So on one hand we have the historic record of how it was in WWII
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The Mosquito could do aerobatics on one engine.
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A test pilot also did some aerobatics in a B-26. Iirc this was a demonstration flight to show the B-26 could fly on one engine.
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Eric Brown's comments on BF110 single engine performance from "Wings of the Luftwaffe"
And on the other hand we have Crumpps assessment of how it was done some 70 years after the fact, i.e.

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Its performance is extremely limited on engine. It is a characteristic of all twins.

You lose an engine, you want to get them down. Especially in combat.
So it is decision time again..

CASE 1) WWII accounts of or by WWII military trained pilots on how it was done in WWII
CASE 2) Crumpps modern civi trained pilot assessment of how it was done in WWII

The choice is yours!
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