The term is more common with R/C airplanes (because you have enough time to say dead stick), but it's a term that describes an emergency landing due to a power loss when the engine quits.
A term used to describe a power model making a glide approach after the engine has stopped.
When the motor of an aircraft suffers total power failure while airborne.
When the airplane is in flight gliding, without the engine running, it is called “dead stick.
A term used to describe unpowered flight (glide) when the engine quits running.