(Michael) wrote
That is absolutely dead on. In fact, when I first fly with an
instrument student, I don't even use the hood, do approaches or
holds, or care about IFR charts. All we do is the fundamentals
of flight - climbs and descents, turns and straight flight, and
combinations of the above. Maybe we track a VOR.

Same here... no hood at all for the first couple of lessons.

Bob Moore