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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Wow... Send your stories to Lockheed so they can re-write the Flight Operations Manual!!
Obviously, they got it all wrong and you are right.
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You are just one of those people who just like to insist that earth is flat even when Columbus came back from america.
It written right here in this book you hear! and sun does circle the earth because this book says it!
Now this threat was speculation and discussion about
"Is it possible to fly the Bf-110 with 1 engine." Its not discussion did every 2 engine plane have emergency procedure for one engine flight. I could swear that they even had emergency prodecure for 0 engine flight but that does not mean that plane could maintain alt or speed in that condition.
As for manuals: Most manual are written for 90% performance just because part quality varies in different stages of production and part quality is nearly never 100% even in peace time as there are flaws. It would be dangerous if manuals were written for 100% performance because people would try to push it to that what manual states and when failure occures they would blame the manufacor for said failure.
As for this offtopic P-38 discussion there are really many flaws in manuals on that plane. For instance 'best fuel performance boost and RPM.' but then again you would not believe man who was the first to fly over atlantic know anything about engine performance.
As for Crumps 21st century aviation trivia that every plane should fly with one engine for safety. Say that to 1940s pilots flying with HS-129. Plane was nearly too heavy even for 2 engines.
And I really believe that many planes were not at their best conditions back then and would not get a takeoff permit from 21st century officials.
No DeIcing, engine maintain schedule overdue, fabrics broken, parts missing, warning lights on, pilot have not had enought rest prior to flight, too much snow/water on runway Etc.