Kobe Bryant and daughter killed in helicopter crash

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

If you have trouble, it's notably more risky to go from one engine to zero than it is to go from two engines to one.

Plus, I figure pilot experience is probably a big differentiator.

You're right on the hours. It takes far more hours to get licensed for a twin engine than a single.

However, engine failure isn't necessarily easier than single. Especially takeoff and landing. That engine is contributing a hell of a lot of thrust and when that goes away, especially suddenly, it can cause a spin, which is a bitch to get out of with one engine. What the pilot has to do is feather the prop, which is to disengage the prop from the motor so it can spin, then you have to rudder the **** out of the thing to get it straight.

If you're close to the ground it can get hairy in a hurry. If you lose it in a single engine and there is no place to land you're ****ed in epic proportions. But managing the aircraft is far easier.