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Old 12-25-2004 | 08:57 PM
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William Robison
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Default RE: Twin engine Trainer?

BillS, and others:

There are two commonly modeled twins that are really bears on a single engine; the P-38 and the B-25. Less commonly modeled, but still nasty, are the F7F Tigercat, and the Martin B-26 Marauder.

Things to avoid: Wide engine spacing, short wing span, short after fuselage, small rudders, high wing loading, and overpowering, among others.A lot of the problems can be lessened by dropping the 100% scale demand. On my "Tiggerkitty," for example, (my avatar) the engines are a lot closer than scale, and the vertical fin/rudder are almost 150% of scale. It is still controllable with a single engine at full throttle all the way down to stall speed.

Just some things to think about.

Bill.