tommyA350 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If you had 1 engine on the left and 1 on the right you would have an equal amount of thrust coming from both sides.And believe me no 747 pilot would ever shut down a good engine. Period. A 747 will actually fly quite well on 3 engines.This shutting down a good engine on the other side to balance out the thrust huskerfan608 is telling you is complete nonsense.

rcplanesair5 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks for the information. :)

tk421720 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Back to the video---Best part @ 4:00, sounds like a RB211 and a screaming T-Rex, heaven!

CatalinaAVX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...hmmm, nice try, if you're trying to convince folks you're type-rated on a jet you'd best stop suggesting you'd shut down a perfectly serviceable engine just to counteract a bit of yaw. Perhaps you've not read about the function of a rudder on your FlightSim 2000 manual yet? I really do fly a jet every day (B737). B747 skipper my ass.

huskerfan608 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You would have to just hold the plane with the rudders and deal with the adverse yaw. You would be finding an airport quickly because if the other engine fails those planes dont glide

huskerfan608 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Its not hard it just takes a lot of time. It took me almost 3 years to get my commercial license than at 23 i got my ATP license. It will more than likely take a long time to get too get to captin. I got lucky to become a captin at 25. It took me getting a lot of lucky breaks

rcplanesair5 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I was just wondering if the plane only was one engine on the left wing and one in the right wing what would you do??? do you still shut one engine or what would do?

jonnyfernandz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

no way are you serious a real piloti can belive it!!!!im texting/chatting with a real pilot!!!!!!!!man i want to become a pilot someday!is it hard to become one???

tommyA350 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sorry but if you are flying a plane that can weigh more than 360 tonnes and you have an engine failure the LAST thing you would want to do is shut down a perfectly good working engine on the other side.Sure the extra thrust coming from one side would make the plane pitch and yaw to one side but cause the plane to spin?I remember a BA flight a while back. A 747 and they had an engine failure on takeoff but they still continued from America all the way to England on 3 engines.

huskerfan608 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you would shut down the engine on the other side of the plane. for example if your right inside engine shuts down you would shut down the left inside engine to balence the thrust on both sides of the plane. if you leave one side with two engines it can cause that wing to move faster and produce more lift. this can cause the plane to spin