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EMERGENCY OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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http://www.winthrop.dk/p38op11.html
Like most twins, losing an engine means a ~75% reduction in performance.
Typically, the P-38 cannot hold altitude with gear and flaps extended. The single engine does produce enough excess thrust to overcome the drag.
It is already been show the Bf-110 can operate on a single engine with typical degraded performance.
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At rated power, 44" Hg. 2,600 rpm, the airplane will barely hold altitude with landing gear extended and flaps up.
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With landing gear extended the airplane will not hold altitude at any flap extension.
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http://www.winthrop.dk/p38op12.html
Here is Jeff Ethel's NTSB report. He died making a single engine approach in a P-38.
http://www.winthrop.dk/ethel1.html
Bob Hoover had a really nice aerobatic routine in a far less capable twin.
Good energy management of your degraded performance is the key to successful single engine operation in a twin.