Originally Posted by
SNS3Guppy
Large pitch changes or airspeed changes aren't necessary when an engine failure occurs. Fly the airplane back down.
The pitch change felt 'large' and fast, although there was no need for me to do anything to make the pitch change happen. In real life I would have needed to 'catch it' to keep from accelerating over best glide as it hunted back to its trimmed airspeed in the descent. I pulled the power off over about two seconds and was pitched down to best glide at about 4 seconds - with no material decay in airspeed, which did surprise me. Always worth giving it a try to see if the articles people write are correct or not.