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They were safer than conventional twins in the air, but lose one of the engines on a take off roll particularly the rear engine you would roll off the runway.
They were easy to handle with one dead at altitude. They felt very under powered and heavy. They have their own center trust only rating. There are also know as the Cessna mix master (Slang). It was not one of my favorite air planes to fly.
the Air force flew them as FAC planes in Vietnam, they were pretty tough.
The Cessna 310 was a much more capable twin in that class.
Cool design that never really took off. IMHO.
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