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Baron, which is usually five knots above the published calibrated VMCA.
Check your airplane’s POH and find your published VSSE. Compare that value to those for VMCA and VYSE to see how big (or small) the margin is between VSSE and the more commonly known single-engine speeds for the airplane you fly.
As a pilot, the importance of knowing VSSE is to recognize the crash history that resulted in a requirement to define VSSE in the first place, and to ensure that your multiengine instructor is experienced and familiar enough with the airplane you’re flying that he or she knows and adheres to the VSSE warning. In or out of training, consciously review, before every takeoff, that any engine anomaly, simulated or real, at a speed below VYSE requires an immediate pitch downward to increase airflow over the controls to make sure you can counteract the roll, yaw and pitch of asymmetric thrust, an•d thereby actually attain the safety benefits you sought when you chose to own and fly a twin-engine airplane. T&T
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Thomas P. Turner is an ATP CFII/MEI, holds a Masters Degree in Aviation Safety, and was the 2010 National FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year. Subscribe to Tom’s free FLYING LESSONS Weekly e-newsletter at www.mastery-flight-training.com.
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