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Why are multi engine aircraft better than single engine yes they might have a bit more power but?

they can hold the same amount of people 4 people in a single engine 172 or a Diamond DA 40 sets single engine is it because a multi engine goes farther I know it depends on the airplanes your comparing it with but I was planning on going with friends and wanted a plane that is fast and holds many people I came out discovering that multi engines only hold four just like a cessna 172

The original reason for building multi-engine airplanes was that the designer needed a certain amount of power and could not buy an engine with that much power. So the designer added more engines. In the 1920s and 30s there were many airplanes that had 8 or 10 engines for that reason.

It became common understanding that more engines also meant more safety, because some multi-engine airplanes could continue flying without all the engines working. This was especially important in the days when engines were not as reliable as they are now.

Under public pressure, the CAA in the 1930s began to require that commercial passenger airplanes have two or more engines. Before that there were some really neat single engine airliners made (for example, the Dornier Merkur or the Lockheed Vega).

The second engine makes for considerable peace of mind, especially when you fly at night or over mountainous terrain or open water. That peace of mind is largely illusory, as most twin engine airplanes do not fly all that well on one engine. (More true of piston twin light planes than turbine airliners, but somewhat true of all airplanes.)

Many piston twins notoriously will not maintain altitude on one engine, so as one answerer above mentioned, you get more time to find an alfalfa field to crash in, but you are going nowhere but down, sooner or later.

Also, it is not true that it is much less likely that both engines will quit at once. In fact, in more than half of all cases, a problem that will cause one engine to quit will cause both engines to quit (fuel contamination, the wrong type of oil, etc). Obviously if both quit, then you might as well have had only one.

The last paragraph is more applicable to piston engines than to turbines. If one engine quits on a jet airliner, you can place somewhat more confidence in the remaining engine(s).

In general, twin engine light planes are faster and can carry more than single engine airplanes, but there are many singles that have performance comparable to most twins. And, if you are the owner, there are twice as many things to be maintained, inspected, overhauled, and worried about in a twin. For many people it's just a matter of personal satisfaction.

By the way, a Cessna 172 can carry four only if they are pretty small and light (like 2 kids in the back seat). One of the first things you will learn is that just because an airplane has four seats does not mean it will safely carry four full-size adults. A twin is much more likely to have the useful load to allow all the seats to be full.

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what is the name of single engine aircraft that produce by canada ?

how much is the price ?

the DA40 produced by Diamond Aircraft, a good four seat airplane.
de Havilland's "Chipmunk" is another, they made some awesome seaplanes.
thats all I can remember,unless you count the T-6 Texan built for the US military. in the 50's and 60's

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