Its easy to make a TR drive fail sound easy to cope with. The reality in my experience of teaching it in the simulator, is that when the (experienced) pilots are fully briefed and expecting it, THE MAJORITY CRASH ON THE FIRST PRACTICE.
Every aircraft behaves differently, depending on tail fin effectiveness etc, but when you bleed the airspeed off just a bit too much, pulling just a bit too much lever, it will suddenly start to spin. In the types I teach, once they are spinning, its a lucky man who gets control back again. If you havent got much altitude, you've got no hope.
I'm with you 212man & nigelh!