 | Number of Engines| Aircraft Requests Discuss Number of Engines in the Aviation forums; ok, this ones just out of interest, but which aircraft had/has the most engines? and by that i mean ... |
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01-07-2006, 07:12 AM
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#1 | | Master of Ewes
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ok, this ones just out of interest, but which aircraft had/has the most engines? and by that i mean engines providing propulsion, i.e. jet engines and/or piston engines driving a propeler, engines driving things like generators don't count, so far the most i can find is the Do-X with 12 engines, can any other plane do better? note- they must have actually been flown 
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01-07-2006, 08:17 AM
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#2 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country:  | I think that might be the record holder, later model B-36s had 10 and of course the B-52 had 8.
My father in law once told me he lost an engine on a B-52. He said if they didn't have gages, he wouldn't of noticed the difference!
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01-07-2006, 10:20 AM
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01-07-2006, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass wasn't there a suggestion once of replacing the 8 engines with 4 larger ones? | Yep!!! It kind of fizzled in the early 80s but recently re-emerged. RR was trying to convince the USAF to go with 4 RB-211s...
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01-07-2006, 10:27 AM
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01-07-2006, 10:34 AM
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01-07-2006, 11:38 AM
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| I cant remember which northprop it was, but one of their flying wings had at least 8 i think. | |
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01-07-2006, 11:41 AM
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#8 | | Master of Ewes
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01-07-2006, 03:45 PM
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| The DoX a seaplane built in 1929 had six pairs (for 12 total) mounted above the wing. I belive this was the highest number of engines on a single aircraft!
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01-07-2006, 03:51 PM
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| My Uncle lost 7 engines on his B-52 when he was flying bombing missions over Vietnam. Luckily there was a WWII airfield available and once the contaminated fuel was removed a minimum load takeoff was accomplished. He actually got into trouble for not abandoning the aircraft.
He got in trouble another time because he continued his mission after losing 2 engines.
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01-07-2006, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by wmaxt The DoX a seaplane built in 1929 had six pairs (for 12 total) mounted above the wing. I belive this was the highest number of engines on a single aircraft!
wmaxt | yes that's the highest i've found so far, i've never heard of anymore.........
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01-07-2006, 04:00 PM
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| Flyboy when and where did your father in law fly B-52s. My dad was with the 28th at Ellsworth and I'm not sure which outfits my uncle was in but he flew out of Wendover, Mass, they both retired in 1972.
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01-07-2006, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by wmaxt Flyboy when and where did your father in law fly B-52s. My dad was with the 28th at Ellsworth and I'm not sure which outfits my uncle was in but he flew out of Wendover, Mass, they both retired in 1972.
wmaxt | He was at Minot in the mid 80s....
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