Multi-Engine
Single-Engine Climb Drag Budget
Lose an engine and you lose half your thrust — but often 80–90% of your climb, because most of the remaining thrust just holds the airplane level. Watch how little margin is left, and how fast drag spends it.
Power budget
power to hold level single-engine climb climb a 2nd engine would add
Failed propeller
Landing gear
Flaps
Sideslip
1-engine climb
0
ft/min
Both engines
0
ft/min
Climb lost
0%
vs 2 engines
What's eating your climb
- Base — clean, feathered, sea level+0
- Propeller0
- Landing gear0
- Flaps0
- Sideslip0
- Density altitude0