"Jose" wrote in message
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The point is the sim trained student will probably solo sooner and fly
better than the non-sim student.

Will they have sim-bad habits to unlearn?

Jose

Jose, et al...

As a sim user for many, many years and now a PP-ASEL for the last two years,
I can tell you that yes, there are sim induced bad habits to be broken when
you go fly for real.

Probably the most egregious is panel fixation and not flying "head up."
It took several raps to the back of the head with a rolled up sectional to
get me to quit looking inside and learn to fly by reference to the view
outside. The interesting thing is that now when I spend any time with MSFS,
I find myself really frustrated at how lacking FS is when it comes to being
able to see "outside."

Another one that I had to unlearn was a casual disregard for systems status.
One just doesn't take into consideration things like oil temp/pressure, fuel
flow, suction, etc when one is in front of a computer screen.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ