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Originally Posted by NeedSpace
I am curious about that as well and interested with those who have flown it have to say. For those interested, I have seen a number of these Cessna push pulls come up on controller.com or ebay. Apparently, the military had a bunch of these and some enterprising souls are restoring them for civilian use.
I think I remember hearing that the direction of the engines cancel each other out so there is little no P factor. On one engine, fairly close to just a standard single (of course without the trim correction).
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There have been a number of accidents due to attempting takeoff with only the front engine running. Pilots 'forgot' to start the rear engine. Or the rear engine quit while taxiiing and the pilot didn't notice (prop not visible; didn't check instruments).
Good advice was to always start the rear engine first, get it running, then start the front. Check tachs, etc. before the T/O run.
Centerline thrust was a plus.