He has a power to weight ratio unlike any other, and he knows how to use it for best advantage. I bet on him, we Idaho boys have to stick together.
Speaking of that Apex engine, it has a clutch, so in a dead stick situation the prop is a big pin wheel. My take on that is, mucho drag, as compared to a stopped prop, what say you guys? When I do dead stick ridge soaring in the RANS, the prop is stopped obviously. The best way to figure this would be for me to fly with Steve, go up 1,000', where he'd be waiting for me...., then kill the engines and see who lands last. I guess a turbo prop, flying deadstick, windmills also?