It's a technique I was taught during my commercial license training as
a way of adjusting drag when doing the "180-degree power-off precision
landing".

My guess is that it's not included in emergency checklists beacuse
once the engine stops, you loose oil pressure, and the propellor will
go to the fine-pitch position anyway on a single-engine plane.
It's not something you can rely on in an emergency.

Tim.

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:06:18 -0500, Mitty wrote:

I was checking out in a Civil Air Patrol 182T the other day and the
check airman pulled the power on me. No big deal, but then he
demonstrated how the glide improved when the propeller was pulled to
low RPM. No one had ever showed that to me before.

Question is:

In retrospect it seems obvious that there will be less resistance when
the prop is closer to a feathered position. Buy why don't I see this
as part of emergency checklists for airplanes with constant speed
props? What am I missing here?