Originally Posted by
SushiHunter
Would aircraft with twins mounted inside the fuse be any different? I'm thinking planes such as 18's, 14's, 15, etc. with engines both mounted inside the fuse may be able to fly on one engine compared to aircraft with engines mounted on the outside of fuse such as A-10's, twins with engines mounted on wing.
Yes. In fact, some closely centered twins such as the T-38 are actually considered "center line thrust". Being inside the fuselage is not the issue, but the distance the engines are from the fuselage centerline. It is a physics thing about moment arm and such. FWIW, I wrote a pretty good article on this subject back in 2010 for the JPO mag Contrails. Click on this link and start on page 9 if you're interested:
http://www.jetpilots.org/contrails/Spring10.pdf
Craig
PS: Apologies again for thread drift