My first ever solo landing on my Avistar was a deadstick. Not a huge problem since I was familiar with stopping the engine on my electric parkflyer for landings. I did deadstick quite a few times when I started flying glow, due mostly to my lack of engine tuning experience. And at the time I thought that some of my best landings were without power... But since then I've learned how to tune engines so that deadsticks are no longer an issue for me. I've got a TT GP 42 that has had over 60 flights without deadstick and one TT Pro 46 that has never deadsticked on me. And I've found that having power is critical to safe and effective landings for the most part. Learn how to tune your engines and deadsticks will become a rare occurance. If you do intend on practicing real deadstick landings, remember to call it out to the other flyers...