Skipper,

A dead stick is when your engine quits during flight. As long as your battery is charged you will still have control over the surfaces(rudder, ailerons, and elevator) but you will be flying without power. When this happens you have one chance to make it safely on the ground. Some of my best landings have been deadstick. It's not something you intentionally want to try until you get alot of practice flying with power.

Wes,

Good luck again on Sunday. THe GP42 from my experience likes to run just slightly rich. Set your throttle trims so it will hold an idle at the midpoint and will kill the engine when you chop it all the way. I can't wait to hear how it goes. Say hi to Jennifer from Pgh.