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Originally Posted by oldE View Post
I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn last night, but since the engines are so close to the center line I would think the off center thrust would be diminished.
Hoping someone with experience can give us the real answer.

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Les

Mornin Les,

You are pretty much on target with your thoughts regarding centerline thrust on one engine. Here is a link that better explains some of your questions in single engine performance in the twin Velocity.

https://youtu.be/8MrSBaxHwYg

As you can see, with the twin engine design, they lost the traditional vertical winglets and went with a traditional vertical stabilizer. I “thought” I read something about them even playing around with turban engines, but not 100% on that. Beachcraft designed and built the Starship. Just to bad the idea never gained traction.

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