I agree. They (twin turbines) don't sound any different to me. You can't tell it's a twin unless you ask. Then again, there's a big sound difference when one engine quits. In that moment, you'll probably still hear an egine going, and not just exclamations of "*****". Having seen the big twin climb out of a high-speed low pass downwind, make the circuit and land like grease on one DF engine, I'm pretty confident that one P-120 could get this bird home safely (even on full fuel) in the event of a flameout. That's what I'm thinking.....

Sung,

You're right. If that had been your F-15 at BITW that had the flameout, you'd probably have just limped home. I've got that flight, and it's subsequent landing, way out in the front of my mind as I'm looking at this big Hornet.

Buck,

Thanks for the thoughts on the hydros! I'm sure I'll be talking to you lots about this project. Question: Didn't you tell me that the Bug is well-behaved in single-engine situations due to it's close-to-center engine placement? Or am I thinking of something else? Thanks Bro!