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epic1107 t1_ja8zum5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:58 PM

Reply to comment by ace5762 in Eli5: why are some airplane jet engines under the wings and some on the vertical stabilizer? by Sad-Carrot-4397

You don't need to balance out the thrust in the event of an engine failure. You can fly with unequal configurations, it's just not efficient to do so by choice.