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Pretty impressive...I certainly could be wrong. Then again, an L1011 that's on one engine has lost 66% of it's thrust, whereas a 747 on 1 has lost 75%. Same for the 707 though, so who knows.
Suppose I could reach out to a couple friends who are flying them to get to the bottom of this
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Oh yeah...you'd have to light. I imagine its going to do a SE V1 cut. But, if you're at altitude, its different.
The big thing to consider is that > 2 engine airplanes lose less of their total excess horsepower for climbing. Thus, twin engine airplanes are always pretty overpowered. 3/4 engine airplanes aren't.
The L1011 had the fan come off one of the wing engines, fly forward, and then come back to shell the other one out. They maintained a safe altitude and airspeed over that part of the country, but a go around at LAX is a go around at sea level with no obstructions for time zones going westbound.
I know my father said the 707 was better on a single engine if it was inboard vs. outboard engine, but they were doing all of their training in the airplane.