decisionisgoaround t1_jabtv50 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:24 AM Reply to comment by Spank86 in Eli5: why are some airplane jet engines under the wings and some on the vertical stabilizer? by Sad-Carrot-4397 All of it. If you lost one engine, you would never unnecessarily shut down another. And if you lose one engine on a twin, it absolutely will continue on the remaining engine. Permalink Parent 2
decisionisgoaround t1_jabt9yk wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:15 AM Reply to comment by Spank86 in Eli5: why are some airplane jet engines under the wings and some on the vertical stabilizer? by Sad-Carrot-4397 What? Permalink Parent 2
decisionisgoaround t1_jabtv50 wrote
Reply to comment by Spank86 in Eli5: why are some airplane jet engines under the wings and some on the vertical stabilizer? by Sad-Carrot-4397
All of it. If you lost one engine, you would never unnecessarily shut down another. And if you lose one engine on a twin, it absolutely will continue on the remaining engine.