I'm puzzled as to how you could be doing a solo X country and not know
this. Did you first lesson not include "effect of controls"? what
about your theory?

Ah, that's better. I *knew* every thread had to devolve into
recriminations sooner or later...

;-)

In my case, my instructor NEVER discussed theories about flight. He
was a stick and rudder guy, could fly anything (and did), taught me
volumes, but rarely spoke about *why* certain things happened in
flight. I guess he just figured I would learn these things when
studying for the written.

I never did learn a lot of the subtle stuff (like why a rudder input
banks the wings) until much later. I suspect Paul is in the same boat.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"