Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
Cool. This one should be taught to private pilots because it's the only one that shows what the airplane feels like with no thrust and helps understand what the engine is for and how to fly without it. I had a student who was wound about the axle until I showed her how to do a 3-mile descent to land with no engine. She had a breakthrough and has been flying perfectly with and without power ever since.
Great, yes more realistic scenarios must be emphasized for if the real thing does happen, one must be able to know what to do. I will admit, I feel so much better now than I did a few weeks ago.