I decided to buy a new (much faster) computer this weekend and have doing some emergency practice flying with Microsoft Flight Simulator X. One thing that I tried a number of times (and failed each time) was a low altitude engine failure on takeoff with an attempt to turn back to the field. It is very interesting to see how tempting it is to try to make it back at around 400 AGL. I found myself wanting/hoping that I could make the 180 turn but just couldn't make it work.
I should point out that this fits exactly with the adage "don't try to stretch a glide".
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