You did very good with your power failures on takeoff Steve. We're both part of a very small club . Engine failures on takeoff typically have less than happy endings.

In consideration of all this gliding and engine out discussion, I'm curious... what is the glide like of an RV-7? I would think it would be pretty poor with that short and fat wing. Best glide speed must also be quite high?

A friend with a Glasair told me glide on those are poor at best. But I think that might be mostly because of the big draggy prop windmilling in front of an otherwise very slick airframe. And while the wing is much thinner than an RV wing, there's not much of it.