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**Dudley Henriques[_2_]** · February 10th 08, 03:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student

wrote:
This is why I always recommend that instructors encourage new student
pilots who use the simulator to NOT use it during the initial period of
dual instruction before solo. After that, the sim has uses that can be
beneficial in the flight training environment.

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Dudley Henriques-

I think that's good advice because I had definitely picked up some
minor control input errors on landing from tweaking the joystick on
simulated landings. It wasn't hard to get rid of, but it was there and
it came from the sim. I tended to make small jerking pulls on the
control wheel (overcontrolling) when I should have held steady back
pressure.

That was usually just as the plane was settling down on the runway.

It's just the initial dual period before solo where I like the sim put
away for a new student. It avoids conflicts and saves valuable time on
the learning curve.
After the student learns in the actual airplane to think of control use
in terms of pressure rather than movement in a direction, and after
solo, I find no harm in going back to the sim for use as a training aid.

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Dudley Henriques