>>1258091 Handling would actually be easier than a similar engine failure on a more standard multiengine design. The dead weight of the nose engine is much closer to the good wing engine. So you don't have to bank into the good engine as much, and the drag is on the fuselage, half the distance than a right-wing engine would be... so less rudder needed to stay straight. Less overall drag and easier control, so gives you better chance of getting it back. Weird, but good... making planes symmetrical is more of a habit than a necessity. Burt Rutan designed other asymmetrical planes that also flew great. Pic related....intake on one side, gun on the other, with tilted engine exhaust.
