Originally Posted by
3664shaken
While there has been a lot of pontificating 
about how dangerous this maneuver is – it helps build confidence to those whom have actually practiced the ‘real’ thing.
you are the man, so you practice the 'real' thing, it means that you squak 7700 and you communicate to ATC or whoever that you have an emergency? because if you dont and someone else is flying near you...well something might happen!!! or you tell me that you have a radar on board
Perhaps if you all spend some time with a competent CFI-G soaring and learning how to effectively manage your energy than your view about powerless flight changes.
if its a competent CFI he can teach you the power management with power off and not killing the engine.
Given the right conditions, over a large airfield, good weather, no traffic, it is not a dangerous thing to practice. If it was then we should outlaw soaring!!!!
Bob Hoover (and he was a very good pilot, maybe one of the best of all) was practicing engine off landings. every time for the area he was flying it was issued a TFR, and the area was under radar control.
it is unsafe to practice the "real" thing, it is just an adrenaline game that doenst add any good.
if something goes wrong (and you are putting yourself in a path for a disaster) and you make it out and you kill someone else what you will say to the NTSB...that you were soaring powerless to feel the "real" thing!!!
you just have to think all the consequences of everything you are doing up in the sky.
its fun if everyone play safe