Challenge:
Build a airplane that can fly if 1 engine is lost.
Of course, you can't build a engine-less or a 8 engine plane.
Maximum number of engines allowed: 4
If 3 engine, like the Mc Douglas DC 30, it need to fly if 2 engines are knocked out.
If 4 engine ... well this could be tricky.
Because, say, the Boeing 747. It is able to fly with 2 engines (hopefully failures are not on the same side). Mc Douglas DC 30 can safely fly with any two, and may suffer some issues (but can land good) with 1 engine.
4 engine airplanes are not supposed to handle 3 engine fails because the reduction in power is too much for maybe the aircraft to sustain flight. But allowing it 2 engines are very unfair to 2 engine aircrafts.
So ... we will say that 3 is the maximum engine allowed in this challenge.
Be creative! The engines don't have to be on different sides, and they don't have to be propeller, turboprop, turbojet or turbofans. Gyroscopes are NOT allowed (you can have them, but they must not change airplane flight characteristics or can be turned off.)
Engines will be cut fuel to by setting them to different activation groups.
It must be able to fly from Wright Airport Final Approach to the Wright Isles anorth Runway with 1 engine.
Bonus can be acquired if it can take off with only one engine (uh ... no pull-push configuration pls)
Already have an ac130 that can fly with one engine its just the refuel tankaer that u spawn as a bot
@DPSAircraftManufacturer
A plane does not necessarily need 50% of the power to remain in flight.
For example, the Cessna can remain airborne with roughly 40% to 30% throttle (full mixture)
In some 3-engine configurations, one of the engine in the center may be stronger than the two others (like how the DC-30's tail engine is much longer)
I can be talking nonsense, so don't listen.
but I also come to know that a push-pull that flies around the globe used 46% power (210 horsepower out of 210 + 250) for the majority of the flight that took around 10 days.
Time to show off with the M.A jet family!
@DPSAircraftManufacturer noted
With what?