"Tony Volk" wrote in message
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The Tu-160 is perfectly capable of taking off with one engine, it has
much more excess thrust than the B-1. In fact, there's a true story of a
U.S. official (can't remember who, but some big-whig) coming to watch a
Tu-160 take off (shortly after Iron Curtain fell). The crew couldn't
start
one of their engines, so they just took off without it on and still gave
an
impressive performance. So it must have been something more than just a
simple engine failure (e.g., control failure, catastrophic engine failure,
etc.).

So you really think that a plane that weighs 275000kg at full load can take
off perfectly well with one engine that produces 25000kg of thrust? So why
build it with four engines?

You might want to re-think your position, since its obviously flawed.