Originally Posted by
PiperCameron
In many ways, a partial power situation can be more deadly than a full engine-out - the reason being that a short period of Startle is replaced first by Disbelief followed up by Uncertainty often all the way into the crash. That's one reason many instructors (mine anyways years ago), and many training aircraft POH by the way, teach students to pull the power and glide it in just as soon as you reasonably can.
Yes, there certainly is merit in training for it.
Absolutely, a demo at altitude of a engine going from idle to full power with glide trim is something we include in stall recovery lessons. In some cases it could quickly lead to loss of control in pitch and yaw.