Rude One:

From the looks of it, that DH88 woulds not be a bad twin trainer. But it would be a real shame to build it and lose it on its first flight because you made a dumb mistake that you never would have with some twin stick time under your belt. Something REALLY dumb like using ailerons when you should have used rudder. That is absolutely the biggest/hardest thing to learn after getting lazy with a single. Until you unlearn the "Ailerons only" method of turning you're going to lose airplanes. Maybe (with luck) just spin in with minor damage. Or if REALLY lucky, just scare the pooh out of yourself, and recover from a departure without crashing.

For a twin trainer the Northeast Aerodynamics "Twin-Air 45" is hard to beat. Wood like you had picked it yourself, easy build, and a really good flyer.

www.ne-aero.com

John Marien (NE Aero) is one of the good guys.

The out thrust is indeed for easing engine out characteristics. Since the engine torque tends to turn the plane to the left, the torque and off-center thrust add when the right engine only is running, but with the left only the torque, still trying to roll the plane to the left, counteracts some of the right turn tendency. Therefore, more out thrust is used on the right engine.

Hope this helps.

Twins give your senses a push, until you land in the bush.

Bill.