Originally Posted by
CPRich
I would assume the same requirements/design parameters about flying with one engine non-operational would hold.
In fact, designing an engine that can fly with 2/3 of the engines working would save even more weight/size than designing an engine that has to fly with 1/2 of the engines working, as they are today.
But since the tail engine is powered by electricity generated by the wing engines, wouldn't loss of a wing engine cause the tail engine to be under-powered?