Yep. In fact, with a limit of 42 engines you would get the RCE before the "too many engines" warning appeared. It really seemed pointless.
In regards to the AIs, they just try to make about 30% of their hull full of engines, and that works out to 41 engines at most, on a baseship
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[ 09 December 2001: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]