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Today I made an emergency landing at Rotorua in Manfreds DC-3 with the port engine secured and feathered, ..after landing and taxiing onto the grass runway I stopped and then when I tried to taxi back to the terminal she wouldnt budge even with full power from the good starboard engine ?...surely in real life the DC3 has sufficient power to manuver and taxi with one engine ?...

Adrian Brausch wrote:

QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Mar 1 2011,9:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Today I made an emergency landing at Rotorua in Manfreds DC-3 with the port engine secured and feathered, ..after landing and taxiing onto the grass runway I stopped and then when I tried to taxi back to the terminal she wouldnt budge even with full power from the good starboard engine ?...surely in real life the DC3 has sufficient power to manuver and taxi with one engine ?...

I had a similar experience with both engines running - after landing, needed almost full power to taxi (and yes, I was on the grass taxiway, NOT in the ditch, and the wheels were down). Playing with the pitch did not help.

You could taxi a DC-3 with care on one engine but only using the brakes , normal is a jockey of engine /brake to castor the tail wheel .

From my experiance of flying twins ( Partinavia and Duchess ) taxiing on one engine next to impossible. So I suppoes the DC3 is no different.
Adrian.

so on landing with one engine you would just taxi onto grass and park it up then wait for a tow back to parking ?..interesting I just figured most aircraft are designed with enough power to taxi/manuever with one engine so thats good info thanks Adrian

I viewed a DC-3 on one engine , maybe slight d/hill .. maybe a tailwind , more likely small shove , fact is on tarseal was able to move , this is were we need real airtime pilots

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Mar 7 2011,10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I viewed a DC-3 on one engine , maybe slight d/hill .. maybe a tailwind , more likely small shove , fact is on tarseal was able to move , this is were we need real airtime pilots

I have flown various types, from the DC-3 to B747-200. Many of the so-called 'cowboys' would often taxi in using only one engine. If an aircraft can fly on one engine, it certainly can taxi on a single engine - I have done it on a B707.
So the problem here is related to a simulator config file or air file. In the real world nearly any twin can easily taxi on one engine.

Alan

ah many many thanks for clearing that up Alan..il have to noodle round with the FDE some them !

Great thread, thanks!

If memory serves, I've seen a C-47 taxi on one engine.
The FS9 version does (probably too well, there is not a lot of asymmetry)

keatles wrote:

QUOTE (keatles @ Mar 12 2011,5:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have flown various types, from the DC-3 to B747-200. , it certainly can taxi on a single engine -

Thanks Alan , as you said if it can fly it will taxi , Vertigo studios are working on a FSX DC-3 , the one i want , i did a test with the Demo Just Flight and results showed it works , simply the defaults are well in fault .