Originally Posted by
the King
The Seminole loses 93% of its climb performance when SE. It can't get much worse than that.
OK...
Even with a net loss of altitude when there is an engine failure you have drift down options.
I have several hundred hours of PA-44-180 time...mostly in CO...Always be careful until you are about 500 ft. AGL and after that your options grow like crazy if you have a real problem.
Always fly the plane...never get below red line...pick a place to land if you cannot make it back to the field.
Thanks again for all the input.